Maurice Pechet,innovator, mentor in science, medicine March 25, 2012 Maurice M. Pechet, HMS lecturer on medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, was a pioneering…
Long-stalled lab building underway in Longwood March 24, 2012 The developers of a long-stalled laboratory building in Boston’s Longwood Medical Area have…
No one should die of tuberculosis in the 21st century March 24, 2012 Salmaan Keshavjee, HMS assistant professor of social medicine, wrote about the prevalence of…
Meet World Bank nominee Jim Yong Kim March 23, 2012 Jim Yong Kim, currently the president of Dartmouth College and former chair of the Department of…
Dr. Paul Farmer: Dr. Jim Yong Kim ‘an inspired nomination’ for World Bank leader March 23, 2012 Paul Farmer, the Kolokotrones University Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine and chair…
World TB Day Highlights Children March 22, 2012 The Sentinel Project on Pediatric Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis released their first joint report on…
Surgeon General Discusses Prevention Strategy March 22, 2012 Panel of community health innovators share insights
People who lack sense of smell may be more at risk of depression March 22, 2012 A new study has found that people born without a sense of smell experience higher social…
Brigham research shows exposure to germs early in life protects later against allergies, asthma March 22, 2012 An international team headed by scientists at Brigham and Women’s Hospital has found that being…
Dr. Bohdan Pomahac: News coverage of face transplants has helped donors’ families to consent March 22, 2012 Families haveincreasingly been willing to have their loved ones’ face donated for transplant…
Animal activist alleges another incident at primate center March 21, 2012 An animal rights group has alleged that seven months ago, a primate death occurred at the New…
Magnetic Nanoparticles Predict Diabetes Onset March 21, 2012 New diagnostic tool expands understanding, and possibly treatment, of disease