MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'boston university'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:21:09 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4300511&cid=t_129013_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F12%2Fvascular-surgeon-dr-jonathon-woodson-named-assistant-secretary-defense-health-affairs%2F Vascular surgeon Dr. Jonathon Woodson has been confirmed to occupy the top physician post in the Department of Defense. Dr. Woodson, who is also a Brigadier General in the US Army Reserves is an Associate Dean at Boston University School of Medicine. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4300511 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 04:14:40 +0100 4300511 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3998988&cid=t_129013_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fbrain-damage-behavior-and-football%2F2010.09.24 In psychiatry, we’ve had a hard time drawing precise links between brain pathology and psychiatric disorders. We can do it for groups of people: “Disease X” is associated with changes in brain structure of “Brain Area Y” or metabolic changes in “Brain Area Z.” But it’s groups, not individuals, and it’s an association, not a cause-and-effect, or a definite. We still can’t use this information for diagnosis, and there are still patients with any given psychiatric diagnoses who will have brains where “Area Y” is the same size as those without the disorder. We’re learning. From what I read in this New York Times article, Owen Thomas was a bright, talented young man with no history of psychiatric disorder and no histo... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3998988 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:00:00 +0100 3998988 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3552244&cid=t_129013_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fan-artificial-pancreas-for-type-1-diabetes%2F2010.05.11 Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston University have reported that an “artificial pancreas” has worked in 11 patients enrolled in a study sponsored by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). The device consists of insulin pumps, glucose sensors, and a laptop with regulatory software. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at Medgadget* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3552244 Tue, 11 May 2010 12:00:01 +0100 3552244 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2977574&cid=t_129013_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2Fn9EXinVDdso%2F There are five of them - Harvard University, Yale University, Brown University, the University of Pennsylvania and Boston University - will release a pledge to encourage companies to give poor countries better access to drugs and medical products based on discoveries made on their campuses, Bloomberg News reports. Their promise is supposed to guide how drugs developed by scientists at their universities are licensed to companies, a Harvard spokesman tells Bloomberg, adding that the schools signed their pledge after campus student groups pushed for policies to make new drugs available at low cost to poor patients. The statement commits the schools to make “vigorous efforts” to promote global access to drugs through licensing strategies, Bloomberg writes. For example, the schools will w... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2977574 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:42:32 +0100 2977574 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2820174&cid=t_129013_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fsafety-net-medical-center-ceo-gets.html From theBostonChannel.com comes this story on executive compensation in a not-for-profit health care organization,Boston Medical Center – a financially troubled hospital – gave its outgoing CEO a one-time, nearly $3.5 million payment, in addition to her $1.3 million annual salary, Team 5 Investigates reported Friday.Elaine Ullian, 61, has led the city’s major 'safety net' hospital for the last 15 years. She recently announced she will retire when her contract expires in January.The hospital's financial situation is such that hospital leaders say it could face closure in the years ahead. It is currently suing the Executive Office of Health and Human Services over how it gets paid for treating poor and uninsured patients.Team 5 Investigates discovered, in a review of the hospital’s f... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2820174 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:16:00 +0100 2820174 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2039913&cid=t_129013_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fhealth-care-organizations-ensnared-in.html It seems that news about concentration and abuse of power in health care, about ill-informed, ill-advised, conflicted, self-interested, even corrupt management of health care organizations, has almost been swamped by stories of even worse concentration and abuse of power elsewhere, from mysterious hedge funds, to US state government, to countries on multiple continents. And yet, health care and health care organizations seem to have been swept up into these larger fiascos. We commented briefly earlier on one health care connection to the allegations that the Governor of Illinois tried to auction off an appointment to a US Senate seat.Now it turns out that the spectacular collapse of a financial organization that really was a giant Ponzi scheme also has ensnared many health care organizatio... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2039913 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:45:00 +0100 2039913 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1556286&cid=t_129013_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F06%2F30%2Frunning-in-place-to-conquer-your-anxiety%2F In this blog post a few days ago, John mentioned an April 2008 literature review by researchers at Boston University who wanted to explore the efficacy of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in treating anxiety. The authors of the review concluded that CBT, a short-term treatment technique, is generally effective for anxiety orders. In a related article from the June 2008 BUforward Alumni e-newsletter, a study taking place at the University’s Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders is discussed in more detail. Associate Professor of Psychology Donna Pincus is currently conducting a five-year, NIMH-funded study looking at the effectiveness of intensive, short-term CBT on adolescent patients with severe anxiety problems such as agoraphobia and panic disorder. Patients don’t get any med... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1556286 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:17:14 +0100 1556286 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=710377&cid=t_129013_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F129822298%2Fbrain_cells_spot_rest_places.html More people prefer their own homes over larger impersonal workspaces. What does the brain have to do with this? New research points to brain cells connected to a place to "curl up" or enjoy more personal space.  Joe Tsien from the Center for Systems Neurobiology at Boston University shows research that supports an interesting discovery. Through an interesting series of studies researchers identified brain cells that appear to encode the concept of “nest.” Researchers reported that … to form such an abstract concept here is also to guide behavior when a person deals with complex or new situations.I'm curious about the new findings as these relate to daily behavioral experiences and new demands made from increasingly fast paced and complex... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=710377 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:57:41 +0100 710377