Word: hms
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that heals is gold, suggests a new Harvard Medical School (HMS) study. Though doctors have been using gold-based drugs successfully for over 75 years, the HMS study reveals for the first time the biochemical processes that make the drugs work, paving the way for the development of a new generation of gold-based drugs with fewer harmful side effects. The study, conducted by HMS researchers Stephen De Wall and Brian DeDecker and published in the Feb. 27 issue of the journal Nature Chemical Biology, reported that “special forms of gold, platinum, and other classes of medicinal...
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can be used to detect acute appendicitis in pregnant women, according to a study conducted by a team of Harvard Medical School (HMS) professors. Untreated acute appendicitis can be fatal to both the mother and fetus. Acute appendicitis is a rare condition, occurring in less than one percent of pregnant women and in about the same percentage of the general population, said Ivan Pedrosa, an assistant professor at HMS who worked on the study published in Consumer Health Daily. According to Pedrosa, many women experience abdominal pain while pregnant. Though the likelihood of a woman having...
...emirate’s largest medical research facility is moving full steam ahead. Construction began Monday on a state-of-the-art, 350,000-square-foot medical complex that will be the center of a collaboration between the Dubai government and Harvard Medical International (HMI), a Harvard Medical School (HMS) program which provides countries with advice on developing healthcare. Dr. Robert K. Crone, HMI’s president and CEO, said yesterday that Monday’s ceremonial ground-breaking represented a “milestone in tangible progress in the region.” The Harvard Medical School Dubai...
...list last week, this time ranking sixth among the “ten worst” university laboratories in the country, according to a national animal rights group. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) pinpointed the New England National Primate Research Center at Harvard Medical School (HMS) for what the organization sees as the center’s abuse of non-human primates. PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk described the University’s laboratories as “an animal Abu Ghraib” in a press release. “With Harvard...
...steaming hot mug of cocoa may be just what the doctor ordered. Consuming flavonol, an antioxidant found naturally in cocoa, reduces blood pressure and improves circulation, according to a new study co-authored by Harvard Medical School (HMS) Professor of Radiology Norman K. Hollenberg. Flavonol stimulates the body’s production of nitric oxide, which relaxes blood vessels and leads to a reduction in blood pressure, according to the study released last month. But Hollenberg said most cocoa products on the market forsake high levels of the healthy antioxidant during processing in order to enhance their sweetness...