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Unnecessary Testing? Study finds inappropriate laboratory testing throughout medicine Laboratory testing is health care’s single highest volume activity, with more than 5 billion tests performed each year in the U.S. A new study examining 15 years’ worth of published research reveals some surprising findings about blood tests. Led by investigators at Harvard Medical School and […]
Polio drive to target millions in Horn KISUMU, 18 November 2013 (IRIN) – Efforts to stop the spread of polio in the Horn of Africa region are being ramped up with major immunization campaigns underway, targeting millions of vulnerable children. Polio mainly affects children under five years of age/ Photo: Jane Some/IRIN There have been […]
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Haiyan Typhoon – David Guetta & Secretary-General Philippines Appeal United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and international music artist David Guetta came together at the United Nations to ask for your help in supporting relief efforts in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan. … … Millions of people have been affected by this disaster. Families have lost […]
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New HMS Clinical Skills Center Opens. To be used for teaching, assessment, faculty development In many ways, the stately, white marble buildings around the Harvard Medical School quadrangle don’t look any different today than when they were first erected in 1906, but visitors can now walk into one of them – the Tosteson Medical Education Center – […]
Genetic Enhancers Fine Tune Each Face Researchers identified thousands of genetic sequences that may help shape each person’s unique face. The findings may explain how our facial differences develop and lead to a new understanding of how facial birth defects arise. Inherited genes are known to play a role in shaping a person’s face. Yet […]
Medical Management Best to Prevent Second Stroke Final results of a clinical trial in patients at high risk for a second stroke confirm earlier findings that stenting adds no benefits over aggressive medical treatment alone. Further study will be needed to identify specific situations in which stenting might help. Stroke is the fourth leading cause […]
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Weight Loss in Adults 3 Years After Bariatric Surgery Severely obese adults who had bariatric surgery had substantial weight loss 3 years later but varied greatly in both the amount of weight lost and in the effects on related conditions, including diabetes and high blood pressure. These and other findings may offer insight into who […]
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Damage Control Researchers identify a key molecule involved in kidney failure One of the most devastating side effects of diabetes is kidney failure, and one of the earliest signs of damage to the kidney is disruption of its filtering capacity. Diabetes patients who develop kidney failure must go on dialysis, seriously limiting their quality of […]
HMS Physician Nominated To Be U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is founder of Doctors for America President Barack Obama has nominated a Harvard Medical School physician to become the 19th surgeon general of the United States. Obama announced his nomination of Vivek Murthy, an HMS instructor in medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Brigham […]
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Mitochondrial Mystery Investigating cells’ power packs fuels understanding of rare, and common, diseases How our cells’ power packs drink up calcium may unlock secrets of rare, and common, diseases Mitochondria, the powerhouses of our cells, would have been good models for the “Got Milk?” campaign; they have an insatiable thirst for calcium. “It’s an incredibly […]
