Harvard Medical School
Obama Nominates Knighted Professor To Head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Roughly a week after winning the battle over health care reform, the Obama administration is set to nominate a Harvard knight to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, according to Associated Press reports attributed to sources within the administration.
An Hour A Day Keeps Those Pounds Away
When it comes to exercising on a daily basis, sixty is the new thirty. According to a recent Harvard Medical School study, women now need to exercise 60 minutes a day to avoid gaining weight in middle age. Paired with a normal diet, these extra minutes can prevent those unwanted pounds that seems to pile on each passing year.
Wintour, Kors Speak at Harvard
Vogue Editor-In-Chief Anna Wintour and fashion designer Michael Kors spoke about eating disorder awareness at Harvard Business School.
Model Opinions
Supermodel Natalia Vodianova, fashion designer Michael Kors, and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour speak at a forum at Harvard Business School sponsored by Massachussetts General Hospital, titled "Health Matters: Weight and Wellness in the World of Fashion."
Drinkers Gain Less Weight
A glass of wine with dinner might not be a bad idea for your waistline, according to a new study by Harvard researchers, which found that middle-aged and older women who drink moderately experience significantly less weight gain than those who abstain.
Inside Harvard Medical School's Family Van
Harvard Medical School's mobile health clinic stops in six Boston locations and serves the neighborhood's low-income populations.
Harvard Medical School's Family Van Short on Funds
Every Thursday morning, Calvin Miller waits for a 39-foot blue and white van to pull up on 577 Washington Street in Codman Square.
Singing Could Aid Stroke Recovery
Stroke victims who can no longer speak may now be able to regain their ability to communicate through singing, according to a recent Harvard Medical School study.
Partners' Conflict of Interest Policy's Reach Concerns Docs
Harvard Medical School assistant professor Paul M. Copeland routinely gives about a dozen industry-sponsored talks each year, earning anywhere from $1,250 to $2,000 per gig.
Study Links Gene with Aggressive Prostate Cancer
A team of Harvard researchers recently identified a gene that may play a direct role in developing aggressive prostate cancer—a discovery they said could lead to a more accurate technique to test for the disease.
Professors Win Grants To Promote Quality of Life
Harvard Medical School professor Nicholas A. Christakis and economics professor David I. Laibson ’88 each received a grant of about $1.5 million from the National Institute on Aging to implement research geared toward enhancing the quality of life.
HMS Appoints New Dean
Harvard Medical School announced yesterday that William B. Chin has been appointed executive dean for research, a position responsible for managing the school’s interdisciplinary research efforts.
Mantzoros Promoted at HMS and HSPH
Acclaimed epidemiologist Christos S. Mantzoros has been promoted to at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health.
Painting Perception
Writing not long after the death of Leonardo da Vinci, art historian and biographer Giorgio Vasari described the late master’s “Mona Lisa,” placing special emphasis on the lady’s uncanny simper. “And in this work of Leonardo’s there was a smile so pleasing, that it was a thing more divine than human to behold; and it was held to be something marvelous, since the reality was not more alive,” he wrote.
Stimulus Becomes a Life Line
Early last year, Harvard Medical School professor Timothy Mitchison pulled aside two scientists employed in his lab. Without more funding soon, Mitchison told them, he would have to let them go.
Competition Seeks Ideas About Diabetes
Harvard Catalyst, an interdisciplinary health research organization, will launch a competition soliciting insights related to type 1 diabetes from all across the campus—an endeavor that organizers say will hopefully lead to diverse perspectives on the disease and its treatment.
Jack Szostak
HMS Professor and Nobel Prize Laureate Jack Szostak spoke about his research on telomeres and telomerase at MGH yesterday.
August Coffee Poison Case Goes Unsolved
Following an unsuccessful four-month investigation of the Aug. 26 poisoning at a Harvard Medical School laboratory, the Harvard University Police Department is no longer actively working on the case.
Gould’s Doctors Cleared By Jury
A medical malpractice suit brought against two doctors at a Harvard-affiliated hospital on behalf of a deceased Harvard professor was resolved Friday, ending in the exonerations of the doctors and awarding no damages to the plaintiff after nearly five years of legal battles.
Adams House Master Passes Olympic Flame in Calgary
There were five things Adams House Master Judith S. Palfrey '67 said she was told to remember before carrying the 2010 Olympic Flame across a 300-yard stretch in Calgary, Canada. The first three were simple: smile, smile, and smile.
Harvard Lends Helping Hands to a Shaken Country
Larry D. Arbuthnott ’10 was woken from his afternoon nap by his grandmother's worried shrill: “Turn on the news! I think there's been an earthquake in Haiti.”
Adams House Master To Carry Olympic Torch in Calgary
Adams House Master and Harvard Medical School professor Judith S. Palfrey '67 will carry the 2010 Olympic Flame Tuesday, Jan. 19 across a 300-yard stretch in Calgary, Canada.