176 stories tagged ‘diseases and treatments’

Kauffman Foundation awards researcher entrepreneurial fellowship

August 12, 2009

Tags: Brigham and Women's Hospital/diseases and treatments/Harvard Medical School/Jeffrey Karp/Praveen Kumar Vemula
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine

Common ECG finding may indicate serious cardiac problems

By Sue McGreevey, Massachusetts General Hospital / June 23, 2009

Tags: Brigham and Women's Hospital/Cardiology/Christopher Newton-Cheh/diseases and treatments/Harvard Medical School/Heart/Massachusetts General Hospital/Susan Cheng/Thomas J. Wang
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine

AML patients benefit from stem cell transplants

By Rob Levy, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / June 9, 2009

Tags: blood/Cancer/cancer treatments/Corey Cutler/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/diseases and treatments/Harvard Medical School/John Koreth/organ transplants/Stem Cells
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine

Health, life insurers hold billions in tobacco stocks

By Mark Almberg, Physicians for a National Health Program / June 3, 2009

Tags: Cambridge Health Alliance/David Himmelstein/diseases and treatments/Global Health/Harvard Medical School/Health Care Policy/Jon Wesley Boyd/Stephanie Woolhandler
Categories: Culture & Society, HarvardScience

Glutamine supplements show promise in treating stomach ulcers

By Bonnie Prescott, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / May 15, 2009

Tags: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/diseases and treatments/Harvard Medical School/infectious diseases/nutrition and diet/Susan Hagen
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine

Survey: Many Americans protecting themselves against H1N1

By Todd Datz , Harvard School of Public Health / May 8, 2009

Tags: diseases and treatments/Epidemiology/Harvard Opinion Research Program/Harvard School of Public Health/Robert J. Blendon/swine influenza, H1N1 virus
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine

Cancer chemotherapy: An unfolding story

By Madeline Drexler, Radcliffe Quarterly / May 6, 2009

Tags: Cancer/cancer treatments/diseases and treatments/proteins/Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study/Work in Progress
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine

Smokers get help with the use of electronic health record

By Lori Shanks, Brigham and Women’s Hospital / April 28, 2009

Tags: Brigham and Women's Hospital/diseases and treatments/Harvard Medical School/Information Technology/Jeffrey Linder
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine

Majority of new cases of diabetes in older U.S. adults could be prevented

By Christina Roache, Harvard School of Public Health / April 27, 2009

Tags: Brigham and Women's Hospital/Cardiovascular Medicine Division/Dariush Mozaffarian/Diabetes/diseases and treatments/Harvard Medical School/Harvard School of Public Health/Obesity
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine

Smoking, high blood pressure and being overweight top three preventable causes of death in the U.S.

By Todd Datz, Harvard School of Public Health / April 27, 2009

Tags: blood/Dariush Mozaffarian/Diabetes/diseases and treatments/Harvard School of Public Health/Heart/Life Span/Majid Ezzati/Obesity
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine