Popular Foods That Might Kill You
Robert Eckel, a professor of medicine at the University of Colorado and former president of the American Heart Assn. vehicle crashes," says Walter Willett, MD, and chair of the Nutrition Dept. at the Harvard School of Public Health.
How the Immune System Works
the book that every student (regardless of level) should read as he or she begins to study immunology.-- Daniel G. Tenen, MDAssociate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Member, Harvard Medical School Program in Immunology
Global Public Health
and the social sciences as applied to public health and medicine. Editor: Paul Wilkinson - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK] and civil society [Associate Editor: Sofia Gruskin - Harvard University, USA]
GI News Briefs
New England Journal of Medicine (Vol. 355, pp. 1991-2002) – Harvard School of Public Health press release: www.hsph.harvard.edu Coronary heart disease GI Group: How much protein can you get from plants?
Joe Sestak on the PCN Call-In Show
China admires not only Harvard but community colleges that produce artisans (welders, etc). Must judge a school if scores go up depending on where the kids start not Tax credits to college or training school or grad school.
Video Game Violence Goes Straight to Kids' Heads
said lead researcher Dr. Vincent Mathews, professor of radiology at Indiana University School of Medicine. a research scientist at the Center on Media and Child Health at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.
Case Daily
The part-show, part fundraiser is a production of School of Medicine students with proceeds benefiting the Free Clinic of Greater Cleveland. Showtime is 7 pm, Saturday, December 2, at the Lakewood Civic Auditorium, 14100 Franklin Blvd.
Harvard Medical School Dean to Step Down After a Decade of Service
Joseph B. Martin, MD, PhD, dean of the Harvard University Faculty of Medicine, who for more than nine years has fostered collaboration, interdisciplinary research, diversity, and the highest standards in research, has announced that he
Who’s Coming? Top Schools of the Week
Tufts University School of Medicine; University of Massachusetts Medical School; Harvard School of Public Health. National:. University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry– Rochester, NY; Yale University School of Medicine-
Biliary - Mirizzi Syndrome
This 58 year old man was referred for evaluation and management of jaundice. His CT scan demonstrated this mass in the region of the cystic duct and Hartmans Pouch in the neck of the gallbladder. No calcifications were seen though

Spiritual Interventions Do Not Help Recovery, But May Relax Heart Patients, Reports the Harvard Men's Health Watch U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News
Stress and depression can increase the risk of heart disease and impair recovery from heart attacks. And although not as soundly proven, optimistic and relaxed patients seem to weather illness better than the gloomy and anxious. Can spiritual interventions make tests and treatments easier for patients? Like many areas of alternative medicine, this has not been fully investigated, reports the
Harvard narrows hunt for a leader Boston Globe
Harvard has whittled down hundreds of nominees for its next president to a small list, including internal candidates and presidents of some of the nation's top universities, according to a source familiar with the process.
Harvard Leak May Hurt Presidential Search, Nominees Update2 Bloomberg.com
Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Harvard University's search for a new president may be hurt -- along with candidates and their home institutions -- after the names of 16 of 30 people on the university's list of potential nominees were published today.
Harvard Leak May Hurt Presidential Search Process, Nominees Bloomberg.com
Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Harvard University's search for a new president may be hurt -- along with candidates and their home institutions -- after the names of 16 of 30 people on the university's list of potential nominees were published today, said an expert on collegiate presidential selection.
Drugs to Help Lower Cholesterol Levels NPR
Robert Siegel talks with Dr. Jerry Avorn about ways to reduce one's cholesterol. Avorn is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and chief of the division of pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He's also author of the book Powerful Medicines: The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs.
Report: Harvard presidential search list has 30 candidates BizJournals
Harvard University's presidential search committee has identified 30 leading contenders, according to the Harvard Crimson.
Johns Hopkins Gets a Separate B-School BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance
With naming gift in hand, the university is set to launch the Carey Business School in 2007
Researchers Discover Initial Steps In Development Of Taste Science Daily
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine are closer to understanding how the sense of taste develops. They have pinpointed a molecular pathway that regulates the development of taste buds. Using genetically engineered mice, they discovered that a signaling pathway activated by small proteins called Wnts is required for initiating taste-bud formation. They have also
National Disease Research Interchange Appoints Broxmeyer Board Chairman Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
PHILADELPHIA----The National Disease Research Interchange has appointed Hal E. Broxmeyer, Ph.D., as Board Chairman effective January 1, 2007. Dr. Broxmeyer, a leading researcher in the cause of blood-related disorders, is Chairman of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Scientific Director of the Walther Oncology Center of the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.
Top 10 Stories of 2006 by Harvard Health Letter Picks Key Ones for Senior Citizens Senior Journal
December 4, 2006 - The editors of the Harvard Health Letter, and doctors on its editorial board, have chosen the top 10 health stories of 2006. Their number one choice – the HPV vaccine to guard against cervical cancer – is a great development but not necessarily a senior citizen issue.harvard+school+of+medicine: , , , , harvard+school+of+medicine