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...Pharmaceutical industry ties have been a particularly hot issue at the Medical School this past year, prompting student protests last fall over the level of disclosure for professors receiving money from medical corporations, and bringing HMS national scrutiny this summer, when Grassley reported that psychiatrist Joseph Biederman of Harvard-affiliated Mass. General Hospital received $1.6 million in consulting and speaking fees from the makers of drugs he used to treat children for bipolar disorders...
...Professors and researchers across the Medical School praised the legislation for its potential to bring transparency to the school. The issue, brought to the fore by the Biederman allegations, recently prompted HMS Dean Jeffrey S. Flier to announce this month that the school would reassess its conflict of interest policy, which has not been updated since...
Being bootylicious has helped many a hip-hop career, but now Harvard Medical School research has found that it can also help your health. A study led by HMS professor C. Ronald Kahn found that the kind of fat that has made Jennifer Lopez famous—fat found in the buttocks and thighs—may actually help prevent diabetes. Those with generous derrieres, or “pear-shaped” bodies, store subcutaneous fat in their hips and buttocks. Those with “apple-shaped” bodies tend to store weight around their abdomens. Researchers...
...percent versus 26.7 percent. They concluded that emphasizing that third-hand smoke harms children’s health may be important in persuading adults to prohibit smoking at home, Winickoff said. Joan Friebely, one of the study’s co-authors, as well as an instructor at HMS and a researcher at the Center for Child and Health Policy at Mass. General Hospital, said she was not surprised about the study’s results. “It should give another reason to protect their kids and other friends and family from smoking and may also help them...
...Roulette, may have crossed the line, instigating grumbles from the audience. According to co-producer Yoni E. Shoag, there have been instances in the past where students have put the musical before their studies. While Shoag claims he was very sensitive to this issue, there is a chance that HMS may still be putting its musicals before its curriculum: neither the show’s producers nor HMS Dean Jeffrey S. Flier could identify the cancer slide shown on the back of the program as part of an ad by the Pathology department. “It looks pretty nasty...