News Archive
Residents and attending physicians in the Department of Internal Medicine published the third edition of Cuentos, their annual humanities magazine, June 14.
Timothy McCaffrey, Ph.D., professor of medicine and director of the Division of Genomic Medicine, was interviewed in The Washington Post for a story on the Supreme Court's unanimous ruling that human genes cannot be patented.
Anastassios C. Koumbourlis, M.D., professor of pediatrics, was quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle about children who undergo often difficult lung transplants. The story originally appeared in The Associated Press.
Michael S. Irwig, M.D., F.A.C.E., assistant professor of medicine, found that men who used the medication finasteride (Propecia) and developed persistent sexual side effects, are also drinking less alcohol than before.
Researcher Michael S. Irwig, M.D., F.A.C.E., assistant professor of medicine, found that men who used the medication finasteride (Propecia) and developed persistent sexual side effects, are also drinking less alcohol than before.
Dennis M. Dimitri, M.D. ’79, has been elected Vice President of the Massachusetts Medical Society at the organization’s annual meeting, held in May. He will serve a one-year term as one of the top officers of the Society, the statewide membership organization representing nearly 24,000…
Neal Barnard, M.D., adjunct associate professor of medicine, was quoted in a Huffington Post story on ways to improve memory. Barnard says learning a language and reusing those skills often can lead to a stronger mind.
Gerard Gioia, Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, was interviewed for a story by USA Today, highlighting a new study that found the recovery time for a concussion increases for kids and young adults, if they have had a previ
William Gaillard, M.D., professor of neurology and pediatrics, was interviewed by NPR, as they shadowed a family's journey to end their young child’s seizures through different treatments at Children’s National Medical Center’s Comprehensive Pediatric Epilepsy Program.
Raymond Sze, M.D., professor of radiology, and Shireen Atabaki, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, were interviewed for a segment on NBC Nightly News about a new study finding that multiple CT scans in children may lead to cancer later in life.