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Harvard-affiliated Mass. General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital receive above average insurance payments in comparison to other area hospitals—without showing better outcomes for patients, according to a Boston Globe report earlier this week...
...example, while Brigham receives $24,500 for a standard angioplasty, the lesser-known Metro-West Medical Center in Framingham receives $17,000 for the same procedure, according to analyses performed by the Globe’s Spotlight Team...
...National Institutes of Health to use research to address health problems. Golan will also advise Flier to help design global education programs and establish research partnerships to provide opportunities for Harvard faculty and students working both abroad and at Harvard. Golan will continue to practice at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital as a hematologist and clinician-teacher. —Staff writer June Q. Wu can be reached at junewu@fas.harvard.edu...
...Paul Ridker at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, the study tracked about 17,800 people in 26 countries. Participants included men ages 50 and older and women ages 60 and older, who had high levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) but normal cholesterol levels and no history of heart disease. Half the participants were given rosuvastatin (Crestor), and half were given a placebo daily for just under two years. The statin group reduced their CRP levels by 37%; their LDL, or bad cholesterol, levels dropped 50% to about 55 mg/dL. Among the 8,901 statin-takers, 31 suffered...
...It’s unbelievable, it’s great.”It was personal connections that led Hatch to Harvard, and those same connections eventually led him to LSU. He was recruited out of high school by Gary Crowton, then the head coach at Brigham Young University. When Crowton was fired, Hatch lost interest in BYU, and Crowton made a call to Murphy suggesting that he take a look at Hatch. A few months later, Hatch was a Harvard student and spent his year in Cambridge practicing with the JV squad.Following his freshman year, Hatch took a leave...