USC Researcher and Expert in Metabolism to Receive Columbia's 2009 ...
Newswise
Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard Medical School, (2001); Clifton Bogardus III, M.D., National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (2002); George S. Eisenbarth, M.D., Ph.D., the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center...
Doctor Shortage to Spur Delays, Crowded ERs in Health Overhaul
Bloomberg
... shows what can go wrong if the primary-care system isn’t fixed simultaneously with the start of universal coverage, said Allan Goroll , a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston. Massachusetts passed a law in 2006 that...
Coca-Cola deal with family doctors draws fire -- and a Harvard ...
Boston Globe
Things go better with Coke, the old slogan used to say, but a Harvard nutrition researcher known for battling the obesity epidemic isn't buying it. Dr. Walter Willett of the Harvard School of ... that support continuing medical education an...
A forensic mind
Irish Times
... orientation, and in 2005, in the state of Massachusetts, a long way from her Bible-belt childhood home, Cornwell married Dr Staci Gruber, assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. “Most people who are gay would say th...
Cancer Survivors See Higher Incidence of Suicidal Thoughts
Harvard Crimson
Childhood cancer survivors may be more prone to suffer suicidal thoughts later in life than those who have remained healthy throughout childhood, according to a study released last week by a team of Harvard Medical School researchers at the...
Lack of health care killed 2,266 US veterans last year: study
YAHOO!
That's a group that's about 1.5 million people," said David Himmelstein, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and co-founder of Physicians for a National Health Program who co-authored the study. Himmelstein and co-a...
Renowned cardiologist wrote textbook on stents
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Baim, a former Harvard medical school professor, most recently served as chief medical officer for Boston Scientific Corp., a leading manufacturer of pacemakers and defibrillators. Dr. Baim also edited the standard medical textbook for usin...
Obituaries in the news
Newsday
Baim, a former Harvard medical school professor, most recently served as chief medical officer for Boston Scientific Corp., a leading manufacturer of pacemakers, defibrillators and other implants. He joined the company in 2006. Boston Scien...
KHMH hires Dr. Bernard Bulwer to head medical team
Amandala
Bulwer, whose last affiliation was Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate, said he later accepted the offer. Bulwer said that he wants to see KHMH become an exemplary institution. While expressing support ...
Study reveals why certain drug combinations backfire
Eureka! Science News
The question we asked was how can it be that two drugs in combination are less effective than one of them alone," said senior author and Harvard Medical School associate professor of systems biology Roy Kishony. Kishony and his team have fo...
News Review From Harvard Medical School -- Kidney Problems May Affect ...
InteliHealth
People with two healthy kidneys are said to have 100% of their kidney function. A drop in how the kidneys function can increase a person's risk of heart and artery problems, two new studies suggest. One study kept track of 4,378 elderly peo...
Moorman named chairman of surgery dept. at West Penn Allegheny
MSN Money
He is also director of Beth Israel’s Trauma Center and an associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. As department chairman at West Penn Allegheny, Moorman will be responsible for integrating various divisions across the syst...
Paul C. Zamecnik, Biologist Who Helped Discover an RNA Molecule, Dies ...
New York Times
Five years later, in 1934, he had completed both his undergraduate degree and the two-year program at Dartmouth Medical School. He completed his medical degree at Harvard Medical School, graduating in 1936. After he was put on a waiting lis...
Health Industry Winning Round On Privacy Of Digital Health Records
Huffingtonpost.com
But privacy is only one of many topics being addressed by the Office of National Coordinator, which is headed by Harvard Medical School professor David Blumenthal. One of the most closely watched issues is the standard that doctors and hosp...
