5 tips to de-stress skin
Today.com
Chris Streeter, School of Medicine
Can forcing a smile do away with stress?…
Expert quote:
“A stressed nervous system is manifested by skin breakouts.”
New baseball helmets aim to withstand high-speed hits to kids’ heads
NBC “Today Show”
Robert Cantu, School of Medicine, Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy
Karen Stultz worries about head injuries every time her Little Leaguer steps up to the plate to bat…
Long-term brain damage at heart of huge NFL lawsuit
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Ann McKee, School of Medicine, Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy
The massive legal action brought by former players against the National Football League has been known as a concussion lawsuit…
Expert quote:
“In all my years of looking at brains, I’ve never had anyone come to me and say, I think I’m seeing this same thing without a history of head trauma.”
Technology may find ovarian cancer cells at an earlier stage
Chicago Tribune
Hemant Roy, School of Medicine
New technology for identifying early stage ovarian cancer in uterine and cervical cells could have the potential to one day stem this often deadly disease, according to a recent study in the International Journal of Cancer…
Expert quote:
“In many cancers, including ovarian, even in neighboring cells, cancer can be a fertile field of bad milieu with the same genetic risk factors that led to the cancer changing the linings of neighboring organs.”
Childhood adversity linked to chronic physical, mental disability
United Press International
Michael Silverstein, School of Medicine
Childhood adversity can lead to chronic physical and mental disability in adult life and have an effect on the next generation, U.S. researchers say…
Commonhealth: Treating The Intellectually Disabled
WBUR “Radio Boston”
Susannah Rowe, School of Medicine
For most people who are able to see, the prospect of losing that vision is frightening…
Mother Saves Her Son From Overdose Thanks To Pilot Program
WBUR “Here & Now”
Alexander Walley, School of Medicine
Here in Massachusetts, doctors are crediting a new pilot program with a recent drop in some drug overdose deaths…
Caregivers taking on more complex medical tasks
Boston Globe (subscription required)
Sharon Levine, School of Medicine
Just listening to Irene Ingemi describe the patchwork system of friends, family, and part-time day-care services she’s stitched together to help her care for her frail mother-in-law is exhausting…
Expert quote:
“People start to cry when you say, ‘I know how you feel and this is how I am going to help you.’”
Skin color is ‘bone-deep’
CNN.com
Michael Holick, School of Medicine
From the darkest brown to the pastiest white and every shade in between, humans display a tremendous variety of skin colors…
Expert quote:
“Vitamin D is produced at high levels in the skin when it is exposed to ultraviolet light from the sun.”
Caring For Kevin: An Autistic Man, An Exceptional Doctor, A Life Renewed
WBUR “CommonHealth”
Susannah Rowe, School of Medicine
Kevin Fitzgerald is parked in a wheelchair near a set of elevators at Boston Medical Center, tense with fear…
