BIDMC News and Notes
8/31/2009 (5:07:30pm)Tags: noneComments: (0)
Appropriately selected prostate cancer patients, including older men and men with small, low-risk tumors, may safely defer treatment for many years with no adverse consequences.
That's according to a new study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO). Led by researchers at (BIDMC), the study appears online today.
To learn more, click here.
8/21/2009 (3:53:41pm)Tags: noneComments: (0)
First jobs have a way of shaping and molding people in unexpected ways - just ask any of the 36 summer interns who took positions throughout the medical center thanks to BIDMC's Office or Workforce Development. Many of the self-admittedly "shy" students found the immersion into real office work a groundbreaking life event.
To hear more about their experiences, click here.
8/21/2009 (3:47:17pm)Tags: cancer depression Red SoxComments: (0)
When Red Sox color man Jerry Remy made his first appearance in the NESN broadcast booth since this spring, you knew that the smile that lit up your face was simultaneously shared with tens of thousands who tune in to Sox games.
For months, legions of Rem Dawg's fans had missed his wonderful, easy humor and wise baseball insights. But we had also wondered and worried whether his absence from the booth was connected to the lung cancer for which he had surgery last year. As it turns out, what kept Jerry Remy away from the game was depression and yes, it was connected to his cancer.
To hear BIDMC clincians talk about depression and cancer, click here.
8/19/2009 (11:54:52am)Tags: Red Sox back pain Tim WakefieldComments: (0)
BIDMC Spine Center Co-Director Kevin McGuire, MD, tries to break down the various ailments that can cause back pain, particularly as we get older.
A case in point: Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield.
8/19/2009 (11:15:24am)Tags: noneComments: (0)
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham has been recognized for its commitment and success in implementing a high standard of stoke care with the American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines-Stroke ¬Gold Performance Achievement Award. The hospital won the award last year as well.
To learn more, click here.
8/17/2009 (3:22:30pm)Tags: noneComments: (0)
BOSTON -- The American Red Cross, Boston Red Sox, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have joined together for the 7th Annual September 11th Day of Remembrance Blood Drive.
Locally, Day of Remembrance Blood Drives will be held at Fenway Park, from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. and at Boston City Hall from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
To watch a video, click here. For more information, click here.
8/13/2009 (11:09:30am)Tags: arthritis exerciseComments: (0)
For 11 years, exercise physiologist Marlene DaCosta has been creating exercise regimes for people with arthritis and many other health issues at BIDMC's Tanger Be Well Center. She knows what it's like for them. She has osteoarthritis in her right hip and has had lupus for 18 years - and she exercises most days of the week to control her conditions.
Read more about her and training regimes in this week's Bay State Banner.
8/13/2009 (10:58:06am)Tags: cardiac nutritionComments: (0)
You don't have to feel quite so bad scarfing down that chocolate.
Heart attack survivors who eat chocolate two or more times per week cut their risk of dying from heart disease about three fold compared to those who never touch the stuff, scientists have reported.
BIDMC primary care physician Ken Mukamal, whose research looks at the plusses and minuses of alcohol and tea among other things, says this something unique to chocolate.
"It was specific to chocolate -- we found no benefit to sweets in general."
For more details, click here.
8/11/2009 (10:01:18am)Tags: obstetrics gynecologyComments: (0)
John Yeh, MD, has joined BIDMC as the new Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The appointment represents a homecoming for Yeh who was a resident in Ob/Gyn at the Beth Israel Hospital in the mid-‘80s.
Yeh comes to BIDMC from the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, where he has served as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Gynecology-Obstetrics since 2000. A sub-specialist in reproductive endocrinology and infertility, Yeh has authored or coauthored more than 200 articles, review articles, conference proceedings and abstracts.
He currently serves on the editorial boards of several journals. In May of 2009, Yeh received one of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology's highest national honors, the "Distinguished Service Award."
To learn more, click here.
8/10/2009 (10:35:56am)Tags: World War II HolComments: (0)
Doctors in the Lodz ghetto in Poland during World War II often gave their patients one thing that proved indispensable -- even when the tools of their trade were missing,
To understand the importance of hope, check out this story in today's Globe.
