132 stories in March, 2009

Infant weight gain linked to childhood obesity

By David Cameron, Harvard Medical School / March 30, 2009

Tags: child development and behavior/Children/Children's Hospital Boston/Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention/Elsie Taveras/Harvard Medical School/Harvard School of Public Health/Matthew Gillman/nutrition and diet/Obesity/pregnancy and childbirth
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine

Angiogenesis inhibitor improves brain tumor survival by reducing swelling

By Sue McGreevey, Massachusetts General Hospital / March 30, 2009

Tags: Brain/Cancer/cancer treatments/Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center/Rakesh Jain
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine

Newly identified genetic variants found to increase breast cancer risk

By Christina Roache, Harvard School of Public Health / March 29, 2009

Tags: Brigham and Women's Hospital/Cancer/David J. Hunter/Genetics/Harvard School of Public Health/Molecular Genetics/Nurses' Health Study/Peter Kraft
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine

Five at Harvard named HHMI Early Career Scientists;

By B. D. Colen, Harvard News Office / March 26, 2009

Tags: Amy J. Wagers/Bradley Bernstein/Department of Neurobiology/Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology/Faculty of Arts and Sciences/Harvard Medical School/Harvard Stem Cell Institute/HUSEC/Joslin Diabetes Center/Kevin Eggan/Konrad Hochedlinger/Massachusetts General Hospital/neurobiology/Rachel Wilson/Stem Cells
Categories: Culture & Society, HarvardScience

U.S. hospitals slow to adopt electronic health records, citing cost

By Todd Datz , Harvard School of Public Health / March 25, 2009

Tags: Ashish Jha/David Blumenthal/government and public policy/Harvard School of Public Health/Health Care Policy/Massachusetts General Hospital/Public Health
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine

Policies regarding IRB members’ industry contacts often lacking

By Sue McGreevey, Massachusetts General Hospital / March 25, 2009

Tags: Eric Campbell/government and public policy/Harvard Medical School/Health Care Policy/Massachusetts General Hospital/Mongan Institute for Health Policy/Public Health
Categories: Culture & Society, HarvardScience

Mechanism directing stem cells to their destination identified;

By B. D. Colen, Harvard News Office / March 25, 2009

Tags: blood/Cellular Biology/Children's Hospital Boston/David Scadden/Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology/Faculty of Arts and Sciences/Harvard Medical School/Harvard Stem Cell Institute/HUSEC/Leonard Zon/Massachusetts General Hospital/Stem Cells
Categories: HarvardScience, Life Sciences

President Obama taps Howard Koh for Assistant Secretary for Health

March 25, 2009

Tags: government and public policy/Harvard School of Public Health/Howard Koh/Public Health
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine

Hearing could hold key to unlocking schizophrenia mystery

By Adriana M. Bobinchock, McLean Hospital / March 20, 2009

Tags: Brain/Dean F. Salisbury/diseases and treatments/Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital/psychology and psychiatry/Robert W. McCarley/sensory perception
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine

Blumenthal named national coordinator for health information technology

March 20, 2009

Tags: David Blumenthal/Harvard Medical School/Health Care Policy/Information Technology/Massachusetts General Hospital
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine