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Photo by Graham Ramsay
Focus:
Breathing New Life into Asthma Therapy
Researchers including Jeffrey Drazen (above) and Dan Tschumperlin suggest that asthma treatment might be improved by adding muscle relaxants to the steroids now commonly used. The proposal is based on their recent work showing that in an asthma attack, the force of smooth-muscle constriction on epithelial cells that line the lung airways may boost proteins that stiffen the cells and cause permanent scarring.
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On The Brain
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Headlines
Study Finds Marijuana Poses Health Threat to Baby Boomers
Short-Term Exposure to Air Pollution May Trigger Heart Attack in At-Risk Patients
Upcoming
International Health Conference:
Health Care, East and West, Moving into the 21st Century
June 24–29
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Congrats Class of 2001!
See new photos of Class Day with keynote speaker Ben Carson.
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Kerry at HMS Challenges Bush on Climate Change
U.S. Senator John Kerry held a press conference at HMS on June 11 to rebut President Bush's arguments on global climate change. In response to Bush's preference for further study, Kerry and a panel of climate scientists urged immediate action on raising energy efficiency and reducing pollution. The conference was hosted by HMS's Center for Health and the Global Environment.
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Learning Patient and Doctor Approaches to the Cancer Diagnosis
In a role-playing exercise in the Patient–Doctor II course, Erica Seiguer is a physician who diagnoses cancer in her patient. The patient role is played by a man who actually has cancer, who along with other patient–teachers then critiques the students' performance. The message? Patients need to maintain control and doctors compassion.
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