Text Message Reminders May Encourage Sunscreen Use Nov 19, 2009
This study was supported by an institutional grant from Information Systems Council of Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Study sunscreen was provided by Neutrogena. (Science Daily)
Newton doctor, Kenneth Baughman, killed while jogging in Florida Nov 18, 2009
Brigham and Women's Hospital photo Dr. Kenneth Baughman, 63, was struck by a car while running in Florida Nov. 16, 2009. He was in Florida attending the American Heart Association convention in Orlando. (Newton Tab, MA)
Study reveals why certain drug combinations backfire Nov 14, 2009
Those affiliates include Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cambridge Health Alliance, Children's Hospital Boston, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Forsyth Institute, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Hebrew SeniorLife, Joslin Diabetes Center, Judge Baker Children's Center, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts General Hospital, McLean Hospital, Mount Auburn Hospital, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and VA Boston... (EurekAlert!)
A Male Renal-Transplant Recipient with Renal Insufficiency, Diabetic Ketoacidosis, and Mental-Status Changes Nov 12, 2009
From the Division of Infectious Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital (L.R.B.); the Departments of Radiology (S.R.D., A.S.R.G.) and Pathology (J.A.B.), Massachusetts General Hospital; and the Departments of Medicine (L.R.B.), Radiology (S.R.D., A.S.R.G.), and Pathology (J.A.B.), Harvard Medical School. . (New England Journal of Medicine)
The ABCs on Caesarean sections Nov 12, 2009
" That, experts say, may not happen anytime soon. What every woman needs to know When a normal pregnancy takes a turn for the worse, few procedures work better or are easier for doctors to master than a C-section. And that has helped the in-case-of-emergency route become a safe route at the first sign of any trouble, says Atul Gawande, M.D., a general and endocrine surgeon at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital and author of "Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance. " Brettne Bloom, a... (CNN)
MicroRNA Drives Cells' Adaptation To Low-oxygen Living Oct 8, 2009
"The Pasteur effect is really best defined as the way by which cells adapt to low oxygen concentrations," said Joseph Loscalzo of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School ... The researchers include Stephen Y. Chan, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Ying-Yi Zhang, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Craig Hemann, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Christopher E. Mahoney, Brigham and Women's... (Science Daily)
Study Links Electronic Health Records To Improved Quality In Primary Care Treatment Oct 7, 2009
Other authors of the study are Kathryn L. Coltin of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Dana Gelb Safran of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Marguerite Dresser of Massachusetts Health Quality Partners, Alan M. Zaslavsky of Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Eric C. Schneider of RAND, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Harvard School of Public Health. RAND Health, a division of the RAND Corporation, is the nation's largest independent health policy research program, with a broad research... (Science Daily)
'A fantastic addition to the South Shore' Sep 30, 2009
The center will provide outpatient treatment under a clinical affiliation with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. The medical oncology will be operated by Dana-Farber," project manager Robert Rodak said. "Patients will be able to get chemotherapy and infusion treatments here. (Weymouth News, MA)
MARSHFIELD AROUND TOWN: Learn about Sustainable Marshfield at meeting Sep 24, 2009
Chase was born June 20, 2009, at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He weighed 7 pounds and was 19 inches long. Also welcoming Chase is his brother, Kaden James. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
SHBG and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women and Men Sep 17, 2009
From the Departments of Nutrition (E.L.D., D.J.H.) and Epidemiology (E.L.D., J.E.M., D.J.H., J.E.B.), Harvard School of Public Health; the Division of Preventive Medicine (E.L.D., Y.S., J.E.M., J.E.B., J.M.G.), Channing Laboratory (E.L.D., J.E.M., D.J.H.), and the Division of Aging (J.M.G.), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School; the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School (N.R.); and Massachusetts Veterans... (New England Journal of Medicine)
Comprehensive Cardiac CT Scan May Give Clearer Picture Of Significant Heart Disease Sep 16, 2009
Ron Blankstein, MD, of the MGH Cardiac MR/PET/CT Program and the Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is the lead author of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology paper. Co-authors of the JACC report are Leon Shturman, MD, Ian Rogers, MD, Jose Rocha-Filho, MD, David Okada, MD, Ammar Sarwar, MD, Anand Soni, MD, Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, Milena Petranovic, MD, Ricardo Loureiro, MD, Henry Gewirtz, MD, Udo Hoffmann, MD, MPH, and Thomas Brady, MD,... (Science Daily)
Chelmsford police shoot, wound woman Sep 15, 2009
The woman was taken to Lowell General Hospital, and eventually transferred to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Her condition is unknown and her identity has not been released. (Chelmsford Independent, MA)
Study finds promise in combined transplant/vaccine therapy for high-risk leukemia Aug 25, 2009
Other contributors include: Matthew Vanneman, Haesook Kim, PhD, Tetsuro Sasada, MD, PhD, Yoon Joong Kang, PhD, Mildred Pasek, RN, Corey Cutler, MD, John Koreth, DPhil, Edwin Alyea, MD, Stefanie Sarantopoulos, MD, Joseph Antin, MD, Jerome Ritz, MD, and Christine Canning, PA-C, of Dana-Farber; Jeffrey Kutok, MD, PhD, of Brigham and Women's Hospital; and Martin Mihm, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital. Support for the study was provided by the Ted and Eileen Pasquarello Research Fund, the... (EurekAlert!)
Holliston firefighters hold boot drive to fight muscular dystrophy Aug 25, 2009
General Hospital, Children s Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, New England Medical Center and Lahey Clinic, organizers said. Loading commenting interface. (Holliston Tab, MA)
A Woman with Hormone-Receptor–Positive Breast Cancer Aug 13, 2009
From the Division of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (H.J.B.); the Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology (I.S.), Radiology (H.A.D.), and Pathology (D.C.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital; and the Departments of Medicine (H.J.B.), Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology (I.S.), Radiology (H.A.D.), and Pathology (D.C.S.), Harvard Medical School all in Boston. . (New England Journal of Medicine)
Immune Cells From Spleen May Be Essential In Healing Heart Attack Damage, Mouse Study Indicates Aug 1, 2009
Additional co-authors of the Science report are Martin Etzrodt, Moritz Wildgruber, Virna Cortez-Retamozo, Peter Panizzi, PhD, Jose-Luiz Figueiredo, MD, Rainer Kohler, PhD, Aleksey Chudnovskiy, Peter Waterman, Elena Aikawa, MD, PhD, Thorsten Mempel, MD, PhD, and Ralph Weissleder, MD, PhD, MGH Center for Systems Biology; and Peter Libby, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital. The study was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the MGH Center for Systems Biology. (Science Daily)
Common allergy drug reduces obesity and diabetes in mice Jul 27, 2009
Guo-Ping Shi, Biochemist from the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, began to suspect such a connection when, in a previous study, he found mast cells present in a variety of inflammatory vascular diseases ... 1-Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 2-Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, U872, Nutriomique, Paris, France ... 1-Immunology and Immunogenetics,... (EurekAlert!)
Earlier HIV Antiviral Treatment Can Be Cost Effective In Areas Of Limited Resources, South African Study Finds Jul 22, 2009
Additional co-authors of the Annals of Internal Medicine report are Lindsey Wolf, Mariam Fofana, and Kenneth Freedberg, MD, MSc, MGH; Elena Losina, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Neil Martinson, MBBCh, MPH, WITS Health Consortium, Johannesburg, South Africa; A. David Paltiel, PhD, Yale University; Xavier Anglaret, MD, PhD, University of Bordeaux, France; and Milton Weinstein, PhD, Harvard School of Public Health. The study was supported by grants from the National Institute for Allergy and... (Science Daily)
SCITUATE AROUND TOWN: Sauters are thrice-blessed Jul 18, 2009
The babies were born June 11 at 3:18, 3:19 and 3:20 p.m. at Brigham and Women's Hospital, each weighing more than three pounds and measuring between 16 and 17 inches long. After several weeks in the intensive care unit at Brigham and Women s, they were transferred closer to home to South Shore Hospital. The latest update from their very proud dad is that Liam and Madeleine are home, and Harrison will join them soon. (Scituate Mariner, MA)
Smoking Associated With More Rapid Progression Of Multiple Sclerosis Jul 15, 2009
D., of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and colleagues studied 1,465 patients with MS who visited a referral center between February 2006 and August 2007. Participants had an average age of 42 and had MS for an average of 9. (Science Daily)
Smoking May Speed Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms Jul 15, 2009
"The conversion from relapsing-remitting MS to secondary progressive MS occurred faster in current smokers compared with never-smokers, but was similar in ex-smokers and never-smokers," according to Brian C. Healy of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, and colleagues. The study was reported in the July issue of Archives of Neurology. (MEDLINEplus)
Billerica man killed by car crash Jul 14, 2009
Belding was med-flighted to Brigham and Women's Hospital. Police will be citing Belding with motor vehicle homicide involving reckless operation, reckless operation of a motor vehicle, operating with a suspended driver's license, failure to stop for a police officer, speeding and failure to stay within marked lanes. (Billerica Minuteman, MA)
Dad, Son, Twins All Share July 4 Birthday Jul 7, 2009
The Mahoney twins weren't due until July 14, but when their mother, Edina Mahoney, 30, of North Reading, started having contractions during July Fourth celebrations, she underwent an emergency C-section at Brigham and Women's Hospital, WCVB-TV in Boston reported. Now, twins Michael Jr. and Joseph join both their father, Michael, 51, and their big brother, Paul, 17, in sharing a July 4 birthday. (Click2Houston, TX)
Cross-country cyclist halfway home to Marblehead Jul 4, 2009
Dykes is riding in honor of his former art teacher, Debra Highberger, who suffers from lupus, and on behalf of work on the disease being done at Brigham and Women's Hospital. This trip has been incredible in ways I never expected, Dykes wrote in e-mail to The Reporter. (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
Study suggests C-reactive protein doesn't cause heart disease Jul 1, 2009
"A null Mendelian randomization may not mean very much," Dr. Paul M. Ridker, the director of the Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston, Massachusetts said. "While it does not support causality, I don't think most genetic statisticians believe it excludes a causal pathway either.". (CNN -- Health)
House, Senate approves ethics, campaign finance reform Jun 27, 2009
The measure is named "Leona's Law" in memory of Leona Trabucco who died in 2000 during hip surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital. HIGHER ED BILLS - The Legislature's Higher Education Committee held a hearing on several bills including one that would require the state to help pay back the college loans of any legislative or committee staff member who works for the Massachusetts House (H 3565). (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Boston hospitals promise better accessibility Jun 27, 2009
Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital are promising to remove physical barriers and but new equipment including exam tables, mammography units, and X-ray machines to better accommodate the disabled. Staff at the Harvard-affiliated facilities will also undergo training to make sure they understand and can respond to the needs of disabled patients. (MSNBC -- Health)
Common ECG Finding, Formerly Considered Insignificant, May Indicate Serious Cardiac Problems Jun 25, 2009
"Lengthening of the PR interval is commonly seen on routine electrocardiograms, more often in older patients, and has been considered a relatively harmless finding," says Susan Cheng, MD, a cardiology fellow at MGH and Brigham and Women's Hospital who is lead author of the JAMA paper. "But our results indicate that PR interval prolongation is not as benign as previously thought.". (Science Daily)
What constitutes constipation and what are the best treatments? Jun 16, 2009
Constipation is often caused by medications, says Dr. Robert Burakoff, clinical chief of the division of gastroenterology at Brigham and Women's Hospital. These include calcium channel blockers used for heart disease and hypertension, narcotic pain relievers, and older antidepressants such as Elavil. (Boston Globe)
Brain-computer interface begins new clinical trial for paralysis Jun 16, 2009
"We are working to develop and test technologies that we hope will help patients with devastating illnesses that limit their ability to move or to speak," says Hochberg, a vascular and critical care neurologist at MGH, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. "The goal of our research is to harness the brain signals that ordinarily accompany movement and to translate those signals into actions on a computer, like moving a cursor on the screen, or the movement of a... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
RNA snippet suppresses spread of aggressive breast cancer Jun 16, 2009
Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA 5. Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA 6. (EurekAlert!)
Realistic Picture Of Dementia: Video Can Help Patients Make End-of-life Decisions Jun 2, 2009
Co-authors of the BMJ study are Michael Barry, Kenneth Minaker, Yuchiao Chang, and Areej El-Jawahri, MGH; Michael Paasche-Orlow, Boston University School of Medicine; Muriel Gillick, Harvard/Pilgrim Health Care; Francis Cook, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Elmer Abbo, University of Chicago; and Susan Mitchell, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston. The study was supported by grants from the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, the Alzheimer's Association and the Hartford Foundation. (Science Daily)
Two men charged in downtown shooting May 26, 2009
The woman was taken to Brigham and Women's Hospital. She was pronounced dead yesterday morning. (Boston Globe)
Hospice care under-used by many terminally ill patients, study finds May 26, 2009
From the Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School (HAH, NLK, AMZ, YH, JZA), Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (NLK, JZA) and Division of Population Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (JCW) in Boston, MA; Department of Medicine (JLM) and Division of General Internal Medicine (KLK), David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, CA; Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Greater Los Angeles (JLM), in Los... (EurekAlert!)
Medical Records: Internet-savvy Consumers Will Trade Some Privacy In Order To Gain Transparency, Full Access To Medical Records May 26, 2009
Study coauthors include David K. Ahern, PhD, of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School and Lan Le, MPH, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Adapted from materials provided by , via , a service of AAAS. Email or share this story. (Science Daily)
Cross-donor system planned for region's kidney patients May 22, 2009
Ross has faulted other approaches for discriminating against one group of patients in favor of another, but she said she's ''totally in favor" of Roth's system. The paired-exchange system comes 50 years after Dr. Joseph Murray carried out the nation's first kidney transplant at what is now Brigham and Women's Hospital, using a kidney taken from the patient's identical twin to avoid organ rejection. Today, in part to antirejection drugs, surgeons can often transplant kidneys between perfect... (Yahoo News -- Organ Donation & Transplants)
From tragedy to a renewalfor first transplant patient May 21, 2009
Finally, psychiatrist Dr. Christine Kim handed a mirror to Maki as he sat in his bed in the intensive care unit at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He stared in wonderment. (Boston Globe)
John C. Nemiah, professor, medical journal editor; at 90 May 20, 2009
"John loved words far better than numbers," wrote Dr. George Vaillant, a senior psychiatrist at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in a tribute published in the journal when Dr. Nemiah stepped down as editor in 1993. He added that Dr. Nemiah wrote "all of his journal correspondence in careful longhand and in elegant prose style.". (Boston Globe)
Residential units, medical center envisioned for Mission Hill area May 20, 2009
The Massachusetts Mental Health Center in Mission Hill would be demolished and in its place Brigham and Women's Hospital would build a residential and medical complex on some of the last underdeveloped land in the Longwood Medical Area ... Officials with Brigham and Women's Hospital could not be reached for comment last night. (Boston Globe)
Healthcare Leader Dr. Gary Gottlieb Keynotes Commencement May 16, 2009
BOSTON, May 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dr. Gary L. Gottlieb, President of Brigham and Women's Hospital, will be the keynote speaker at Bunker Hill Community College's 35th commencement exercises, on Saturday, May 30, at 11:00 a.m. Dr. Gottlieb, a strong proponent of alleviating mental health care disparities, will receive the President's Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his outstanding commitment and service to the College ... "His dedication to our College has been shown time... (PR Newswire)
Partners HealthCare trims losses in latest quarter May 15, 2009
As a nonprofit institution, the Partners system, which includes Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, files quarterly financial reports to the bondholders that finance its capital projects. It has annual revenues of $7 billion and about 44,000 employees. (Boston Globe)
Madoff trustee to OK $100m in claims by Memorial Day May 15, 2009
The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation, a major funder to such local institutions as Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Brandeis University, lost nearly half its assets, or roughly $145 million, to Madoff. Prior to the collapse, the foundation reported making a fortune by investing with Madoff as far back as the 1960s. (Boston Globe)
State seeks to revamp way doctors, hospitals are paid May 7, 2009
In January, Patrick also started pressuring hospitals and insurers to cooperate on controlling medical costs, following a Globe Spotlight series showing that some hospitals, most significantly Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, are paid far more than others for providing similar services. The commission has not yet developed ways to lessen these disparities, but members said they plan to do so. (Boston Globe)
expand mandatory infertility coverage May 7, 2009
It was during their battles with Tufts that the couple's IVF doctor at Brigham and Women's Hospital referred them to RESOLVE of the Bay State, an infertility advocacy group that pushed for the state to pass the nation's first mandatory infertility treatment law in 1987. Some might say the way the law is written in Massachusetts limits who gets to be a parent and who doesn't based whether you can afford IVF.. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
Framingham planners approve Newton-Wellesley Hospital's site plan May 7, 2009
Soran painted Partners, which owns Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, as the dominant player in Bay State medical circles. The size and power of Partners network, said Soran, means insurance companies reimburse its affiliates at rates higher than other hospitals, which means they can pay physicians more. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
A drug's journey from idea to reality May 7, 2009
"It represents, in my opinion, a novel approach to treating diabetes," said Dr. J. Michael Gaziano, a cardiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and in the VA Boston Healthcare System, who led the 3,000-patient safety trial. What's new, he said, is "thinking about diabetes as a disease that has a central neurologic component to it.". (Boston Globe)
A growing awareness about food allergy risks May 6, 2009
According to Dr. John Costa, medical director of the allergy practice of Brigham and Women's Hospital, the incidence of all forms of allergic disease has increased over the last two decades and peanut allergies have doubled over the last five years. In addition to peanuts, the other major food allergens are tree nuts, milk, eggs, fish with fins, shellfish, wheat, and soy. (Boston Globe)
Health officials urge vigilance amid encouraging signs May 3, 2009
Richard Zane, vice chairman of the department of emergency medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, said the aggressive measures, criticized as an overreaction, are warranted. "The virus is new to humans, the transmissibility was unknown, and it appeared to have some lethality," he said. (Boston Globe)
Marsom Pratt, 85; had long career as investment banker May 3, 2009
Health and Education Authority, where he organized bond offerings for Harvard, Tufts, Wellesley College, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and for what was then Beth Israel Hospital. Mr. Pratt always looked younger than his age and enjoyed living life on his own terms, said his Princeton University roommate, William Chester. (Boston Globe)
Plant-Based Flavonoid May Cut Ovarian Cancer Risk Apr 28, 2009
Apigenin, found in celery, parsley, red wine, tomato sauce, and other plant-based foods may be "particularly beneficial," said Dr. Margaret A. Gates, of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in Boston, Massachusetts. Flavanoids are compounds with antioxidant properties that protect cells against damage by oxygen molecules. (MEDLINEplus)
Needham doctor killed in head-on collision Apr 28, 2009
Courtesy of Brigham and Women's Hospital Dr. Phyllis Jen was killed in a head-on collision April 21. By Debra Filcman and Steven Ryan Wicked Local Needham Posted Apr 21, 2009 @ 09:55 PM Last update Apr 22, 2009 @ 09:48 AM. (Needham Tab, MA)
A Woman with Respiratory Failure and a Cavitary Lesion in the Lung Apr 28, 2009
From the Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital (M.E.W.); the Departments of Radiology (G.F.A.) and Pathology (A.F.K.), Massachusetts General Hospital; and the Departments of Medicine (M.E.W.), Radiology (G.F.A.), and Pathology (A.F.K.), Harvard Medical School all in Boston. . (New England Journal of Medicine)
Main Park Street T entrance reopens Apr 18, 2009
Recipient sees results of face transplant The nation's second face transplant recipient saw his new face for the first time this week, according to a statement from Brigham and Women's Hospital. Lead surgeon Dr. Bohdan Pomahac said the patient "recognized himself, and he really was very pleased. Both he and his family said his nose resembles his old nose." The patient is in good condition, the hospital said. (Boston Globe)
Face Donor's Wife Has No Regrets Apr 16, 2009
This April 9, 2009 photo, supplied by Brigham and Women's Hospital , shows surgery resident Evan Matros, left, surgeons Elof Eriksson and Bohdan Pomahac, second from right, and Julian Pribaz, right, performing the nation's second partial face transplant at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston on April 9, 2009. (AP/J. Kiely Jr., BWH-Lightchaser). (CBS News)
Dr. Harvey Goldman, 76, pathologist and educator Apr 12, 2009
Dr. Goldman "was very dedicated to young people and he has brought up generations of Harvard Medical School students," said his wife, Dr. Eleonora Galvanek, who teaches pathology at Brigham and Women's Hospital ... In addition to rising through the pathology ranks at Beth Israel, Dr. Goldman was a consultant at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Children's Hospital, and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. (Boston Globe)
'Good' Energy Burning Fat In Lean Adults Apr 11, 2009
D., and Dean Rodman, M.D., all of the Division of Nuclear Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Frank C. Kuo, M.D., of the Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital; and Edwin L. Palmer, M.D., of the Division of Nuclear Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
Novel Needle Could Cut Medical Complications Apr 11, 2009
He did so under Alexander Slocum, the Neil and Jane Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering, with guidance from Karp and Omid Farokhzad of HST, Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Brigham and Women's Hospital (Karp is also affiliated with the latter two). Additional authors are also from HMS and MGH.. (Science Daily)
Young adult males' suicide rate on rise Apr 10, 2009
Dr. Robert B. Fogel, who taught at Harvard Medical School and practiced at Brigham and Women's Hospital until 2004, said he altered numbers and invented anatomic details in an article about obesity and sleep apnea, according to The Scientist magazine and The Harvard Crimson. The journal Sleep retracted the article in February and the federal Office of Research Integrity concluded its investigation last month. (Boston Globe)
Partners curbs doctors'drug industry ties Apr 10, 2009
Partners, which includes the Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's hospitals in Boston, also is placing new limits on how physicians interact with company sales representatives and increasing oversight of these relationships ... And Dr. Thomas Stossel, a physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital who was an adviser to Merck several years ago, said restrictions on the interactions between doctors and industry could ultimately hurt patient care. (Boston Globe)
New Interview on E-Health Records with Dr. Ashish K. Jha of the Harvard School of Public Health on Talking Technology Apr 10, 2009
More Information about Dr. Ashish K. Jha Dr. Ashish K. Jha is an Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health, as well as an associate physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts ... Brigham and Women's Hospital. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Study: A Fat That Helps You Lose Weight? Apr 9, 2009
Interestingly, women were twice as likely to have active brown fat than men, according to the study conducted by Dr. Ronald Kahn and his colleagues at the Joslin Diabetes Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Still, the findings don't necessarily mean that activating brown fat leads to a trimmer waist. (Time.com)
Brown Adipose Tissue in Adult Humans Apr 9, 2009
From the Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center (A.M.C., A.B.G., Y.-H.T., A.D., C.R.K.); the Division of Nuclear Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (S.L., G.W., I.T., D.R., G.M.K.); the Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital (F.C.K.); the Division of Nuclear Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (E.L.P.); and Harvard Medical School (A.M.C., S.L., G.W., I.T. D.R., A.B.G., F.C.K., E.L.P., Y.-H.T., A.D., G.M.K., C.R.K.) all in Boston. Address reprint requests to Dr.... (New England Journal of Medicine)
New to the market Apr 9, 2009
"I wanted to snap something up," said Rehman, a psychiatry resident at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. "It might get lower, but I still feel good about my decision.". (Boston Globe)
BioMed Realty Trust Receives LEED(R) Gold Certification at Center for Life Science | Boston Apr 3, 2009
The property is 91% leased to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Children's Hospital Boston, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Immune Disease Institute, and Kowa Company, Ltd.. In 1998, the USGBC established the LEED(R) Green Building Rating System(TM) as a third-party certification program that has become the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. (PR Newswire)
Wake-up call: Drowsy drivers are serious threat Apr 2, 2009
About 250,000 drivers fall asleep at the wheel daily, says Charles Czeisler, director of the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School and chief of the Division of Sleep Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. "There's an epidemic of drowsy driving crashes, particularly among young drivers," he says. (USA Today)
Should all males be circumcised? Apr 2, 2009
"I've always told families that the health benefits of circumcision are real, but not enough to warrant advocating that all boys be circumcised," says Lise Johnson, M.D., the director of healthy-newborn nurseries at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital. "But I find these HIV studies pretty striking. The weight of scientific evidence might be shifting in favor of circumcision.". (MSNBC -- Health)
Hospital ratings complicate care of sickest Apr 1, 2009
"Physicians are really struggling with this issue," said Dr. Frederic Resnic, director of cardiac catheterization at Brigham and Women's Hospital and lead author of a study suggesting that fewer high-risk patients are getting angioplasty since public reporting began in 2003. "There is a terrible conflict between the desire to do what's right for a specific patient who has a very slim chance of survival, and the impact on the [doctor] and their center if it doesn't work out.". (Boston Globe)
Labor effort aimed at Hub health workers Mar 30, 2009
Besides Beth Israel, the SEIU local is eventually expected to try to unionize the entire workforces at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and other major teaching hospitals. In January, Caritas Christi Health Care announced a deal with SEIU to not interfere with the union's effort to try to organize about 13,000 employees at the six hospitals owned by the Archdiocese of Boston. (Boston Globe)
Infant weight gain linked to childhood obesity Mar 30, 2009
Those affiliates include Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cambridge Health Alliance, Children's Hospital Boston, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Forsyth Institute, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Hebrew SeniorLife, Joslin Diabetes Center, Judge Baker Children's Center, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts General Hospital, McLean Hospital, Mount Auburn Hospital, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and VA Boston... (EurekAlert!)
Officials urge employers to boost teens' summer job prospects Mar 28, 2009
Kendrick Jackson, another 18-year-old senior at City Roots High School, said he had yet to hear back after applying for summer jobs at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. "I'm trying to broaden my horizons," he said. (Boston Globe)
Quincy fire consumes life made anew in US Mar 26, 2009
"My wife went down to visit them when they brought the newborn home a little while back, and it's just tragic," said Pierce, who works at Brigham and Women's Hospital. "He was a nice guy. When it snowed, everybody pitched in and helped clean out the parking lot, and he was like, 'No, you're kind of old, man, so let me help you out.' ". (Boston Globe)
Study: Hospitals far from paperless Mar 26, 2009
This survey was conducted by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health, Biostatistics Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, the Brigham and Women's Hospital, the VA Boston Healthcare System, the Institute of Health and the Department of Health Policy at George Washington University. It had a 63% response rate and is the first reliable data, the researchers say. (USA Today)
Obituary: Jack Rowland of Winchester, 21; explored the world, found excitement Mar 25, 2009
John Griffin Rowland was born in Brigham and Women's Hospital and lived nearly his entire life in Winchester. As a child, he attended Landmark School in Manchester-by-the-Sea, where he overcame reading difficulties and worked on emotional challenges. (Boston Globe)
Intensive summer program helps physicians build clinical research careers Mar 25, 2009
A report on the PCE a joint program of Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) with strong input from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) from a team of investigators at the three institutions appears in the April issue of Academic Medicine, along with several other articles addressing the NIH vision for clinical and translational research ... Goldhamer is an instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS), and Singer is a professor of... (EurekAlert!)
Christine V. Greenaway (Finley), 62 Mar 17, 2009
Chris moved to Boston after college with her girlfriends and worked at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. She and Jim were married in 1973, and they bought a home in Medfield in 1974, where they raised their three boys. (Medfield Press, MA)
POLICE NEWS: Charged after after hit and run; two cyclists injured Mar 16, 2009
The woman was later transported to Brigham and Women's Hospital with serious injuries. At 3:46 p.m., a Cohasset officer located the suspect vehicle at a residence on North Main Street. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)
Study Finds Family History, Higher Incidence of Sunburns Associated With Rosacea Mar 6, 2009
In this case-controlled study that built on the photo study conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, both in Boston, 65 rosacea subjects (age 24 to 86) and 65 controls without rosacea (age 18 to 78) underwent a facial skin exam, completed a questionnaire and had their height, weight and blood pressure measured. Blood pressure measurements, body mass indexes and questionnaire results of the two groups were compared. (PR Newswire)
BETTER LIFE: Doctor is in: News on medical ethics, shortages Mar 6, 2009
Brigham and Women's Hospital 8 (tie). Duke University Medical Center 10 (tie). (USA Today -- Tech)
Around Town -- Another reason to love the library Mar 5, 2009
The following Marshfield residents were recognized: at Massachusetts General Hospital, Kelly Barnes, Ericka Barrett and Carole Ann Sheridan; at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cheryl Bates, Dennis Bates, Richard Bocchino, Miriam Greenspan, Stephen King, Philip Law, Karen McGreal, Rebecca Spitz and Carol Upson; at Partners HealthCare, Susan A. Bocchino, Marlene Freeley, Mary Gomperts, Debra McGrath and Kim Plummer; at Faulkner Hospital, Jeanne Jay; and at McLean Hospital, Jerry Heberlein. RESIDENTS... (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
Relative value unseen Mar 1, 2009
Doctors at Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he practices, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, among many, are all compensated by the RVU system. "It's like a runaway train," says Groopman, who compares RVUs to the odious billable hours in law firms. (Boston Globe)
Hospital president named Partners CEO Feb 26, 2009
Dr. Gary L. Gottlieb, the president of Brigham and Women's Hospital, will become chief executive of Partners HealthCare System Inc. at the end of the year, when Dr. James J. Mongan retires from the position. Partners' board of directors yesterday unanimously selected Gottlieb, 53, ending five months of speculation. (Boston Globe)
Scott Fruhan: From Multiple Sclerosis to Med School--And Music Feb 25, 2009
In high school, Fruhan pestered a friend's father who ran an immunology lab focused on studying (MS) at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) to let him volunteer there. He started out pipetting blood samples. (Scientific American)
The birth of a notion Feb 22, 2009
Another Massachusetts hospital, Morton Hospital and Medical Center in Taunton, has hired two laborists over the past two years, and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston is considering employing them as well. The hospitals pay laborists $125 to $150 an hour and cover their hefty malpractice insurance premiums. (Boston Globe)
Partners loses $185m in quarter Feb 20, 2009
Partners was formed in 1994 by Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. It now includes Newton-Wellesley Hospital, North Shore Medical Center, hospitals on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, the largest physicians group in Massachusetts, and a variety of rehabilitation services and facilities. (Boston Globe)
Birth Notice Feb 18, 2009
A son, Aiden Mehta Green was born Jan. 3, 2009 at Brigham and Women's Hospital to Dr. Sheila Mehta-Green (formerly of Belmont) and Brian Green of Bedford. Grandparents are Dr. Avinash and Maureen Mehta of Belmont and Robert and Linda Green of Worcester. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
