In Print
Photo by Steve Gilbert
From Focus:
Breathing
Restored After Severe Spinal-cord Injury
When a spinal-cord injury occurs, moving is often one of the last things patients
and their doctors worry about. Breathing is usually the first. Two years ago,
Yang Teng (above) and his colleagues found that they could temporarily restore
breathing in rats with lower spinal-cord injuries by administering a common
drug, buspirone. In recent research, Teng, Howard Choi, and others have found
that in a rat model with more serious spinal-cord injury, buspirone works the
same
wonder.
Upcoming
Second Annual Symposium of the HMS Fellowship in Pharmaceutical Policy
Research:
Enhancing Access to Medicines: Global
Problems, Local Solutions
Jeffrey Lewis
Heinz Family Philanthropies
Tuesday, June 14
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Lab Works
A multimedia site featuring Harvard Medical research.
StudenTalk
Personal takes on issues inside and outside the classroom.
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Spotlight
Reflection in Action: Building Healthy
Communities
First designed as a celebration of the Civil Rights Movement, Reflection
in Action honors individuals dedicated to closing health disparities and
strengthening communities. This year the event includes student activities
and a community health fair. It takes place on Monday, June 13.
Photo by Liza Green, HMS Media Services
At HMS, Frist Points to Future Dangers
of Bioterrorism
In the fifth annual Seidman lecture at HMS, U.S. Senate majority leader
Bill Frist called on medical scientists to develop protection against
bioterrorism. HMS students presented him with a letter at the end of the
program, urging him to become more active on certain international health
issues that they say he has neglected.
Student Scene
Photo by Patrick Ladapo
Let Consumers Drive Progress in Health
Care Quality
The primary stakeholder in the movement toward better and safer health care
is the patient, says Joseph Ladapo. He advocates a greater role for patients
in shaping health care access and delivery. |
