Value of direct-to-consumer drug advertising oversold, study finds Sep 2, 2008
Those affiliates include Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cambridge Health Alliance, Children's Hospital Boston, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Forsyth Institute, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Hebrew SeniorLife, Joslin Diabetes Center, Judge Baker Children's Center, Immune Disease Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts General Hospital, McLean Hospital, Mount Auburn Hospital, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Spaulding Rehabilitation... (EurekAlert!)
Physical and sexual abuse linked to asthma in Puerto Rican kids Aug 31, 2008
"To our knowledge, this is the first report of a direct association between childhood abuse and asthma and asthma-related outcomes," wrote Robyn T. Cohen, M.D., M.P.H., lead author of the paper of the Channing Laboratory of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. The article was published in the first issue for September of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, a publication of the American Thoracic Society. (EurekAlert!)
Heart transplant man bikes through Framingham Aug 29, 2008
He will formally finish his ride at Brigham and Women's Hospital Thursday morning. He is riding to raise awareness of the importance of organ donations, support the cardiac transplant community, and to celebrate the athlete he has nurtured with his new donor heart. (Framingham TAB, MA)
HIV Patients At Greater Risk For Bone Fractures Aug 29, 2008
In this study, researchers analyzed data from the Partners HealthCare System, which includes two primary hospitals, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. They studied fracture diagnoses from 1996 to 2008 in 8,525 HIV-infected patients and more than 2 million non HIV-infected patients. (Science Daily)
Nature conferences Aug 29, 2008
Stefan Kaufmann (Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Germany), Douglas Braaten (Nature Immunology, USA), Vijay K. Kuchroo (Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard University, USA), Jamie Wilson (Nature Immunology, USA), Harmut Wekerle (Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany), Rudolf Grosschedl (Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology, Germany) ... Alan Ezekowitz (Merck & Co., Inc., USA), Robert L. Coffman (Dynavax Technologies, USA), Diane Mathis (Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard... (Nature News Service)
Risk of fracture is significantly higher in HIV-infected patients Aug 29, 2008
For the current study, the investigators utilized the Partners HealthCare System Research Patient Data Registry, which includes demographic and diagnostic information on patients treated at MGH and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Their analysis of data from patients treated over an 11-year period revealed that almost 2. (EurekAlert!)
Nortel Secure 'Office-on-a-Stick' Protects Remote Network Access ... Aug 28, 2008
Aug 27, 2008 (Hugin via COMTEX) ----New Secure Portable Office Helps Liverpool Women's Hospital Ensure Privacy ... "Community-based midwives from Liverpool Women's Hospital will be using Nortel Secure Portable Office with hospital-provided laptops, 3G wireless data cards and Nortel Mobile Client Accelerator to securely access, review and update server-based medical records from patient homes. "Our midwives must keep up with complex and changing procedures to ensure the very best patient care,"... (FOXBusiness)
When it comes to baby talk, 'banana' beats 'pineapple' Aug 27, 2008
Gervain has since successfully replicated her findings with 60 babies at B.C. Women's Hospital. "Infants are fast and efficient language learners and they need to start very soon, possibly as soon as immediately after birth," Gervain said. (Canada.com)
Celebrations (Aug. 28) Aug 27, 2008
Philip and Michele (King) Petteruti announce the birth of their daughter, Kate Stephanie, Feb. 26, 2008, at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Kate joins her brother, Benjamin, at home in Needham. (Needham Tab, MA)
Experts at Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group Offer Tips for a Healthy Transition Back-To-School Aug 26, 2008
Along with its Prentice Women's Hospital and Stone Institute of Psychiatry, the hospital comprises 897 beds, 1,424 affiliated physicians and 6,464 employees. Northwestern Memorial is recognized for providing exemplary patient care and state-of-the art advancements in the areas of cardiovascular care; women's health; oncology; neurology and neurosurgery; solid organ and soft tissue transplants and orthopaedics. (PR Newswire)
U.S. Hospitals Worth The Trip Aug 26, 2008
Partners International, an organization founded in 1997 in part to attract international patients to Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, reported that the two hospitals treated more than 4,200 international patients in fiscal year 2007, compared to 3,600 in fiscal year 2001. Leonard Karp, president and CEO of Philadelphia International Medicine, an organization that markets and coordinates care for international patients at nine facilities in the Philadelphia area,... (Forbes)
Doctor accused over late-term abortion Aug 26, 2008
Frustrated by the delay, the family went to the Royal Women's Hospital where they were referred by a social worker to Dr Schulberg's day clinic in Croydon ... Ms Carter said the woman would have had to wait eight days before she could be seen by the Royal Women's hospital to assess whether or not she could have a late-term abortion. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
3 arrested in shooting, stabbings in city Aug 25, 2008
Police said the victim was transported to Brigham & Women's Hospital with gunshot wounds and is recovering. Two other men, William Mendoza, 22, of Revere, and Rafael Vasquez, 28, of Chelsea, were arrested in the stabbing of two other men on East Eagle Street in East Boston early yesterday morning. (Boston Globe)
Poor treatment may cause "untreatable" TB: study Aug 25, 2008
"While early studies suggested that XDR TB is untreatable, our report indicates that while it may be difficult, it is possible to treat these patients through the use of aggressive regimens," Dr. Salmaan Keshavjee of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School said in a statement. "A cure rate of 48.3 percent is promising in a disease that has been touted as untreatable.". (Scientific American)
More than tots need booster shots Aug 25, 2008
North Mississippi Medical Center Women's Hospital in Tupelo has the vaccine on hand for its postpartum patients, said administrator Ellen Frilloux. The hospital gave its staff the TDAP booster last year, based on the new guidelines. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Bikers cautioned after several weekend crashes Aug 25, 2008
As of Sunday, he was in serious but stable condition at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Police determined that speed and alcohol were not factors in that crash, and Kittery Police Chief Ed Strong called it a "pure accident.". (Seacoast New Hampshire)
NW Hospital grabs land Aug 24, 2008
The property could support a facility far larger than Northwestern's $500-million, 328-bed Prentice Women's Hospital, which opened last year. The VA moved to the West Side in 2003 but continued to operate an outpatient clinic at the Streeterville site under a lease that expired in December. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Face transplant patient can now smile Aug 24, 2008
"To be able to wean down the dosage of the medication in small amounts and relatively quickly, that is encouraging," said Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, a plastic surgeon at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Pomahac has permission to do a face transplant in the U.S., as do doctors at the Cleveland Clinic. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Summer is cool for ice skating Aug 24, 2008
"I'm the director of neural and critical care at Brigham and Women's Hospital," added Aglio, between compliments on her daughter's turns. "The weeks can be long and stressful and difficult. Then I come here with Nicole; it's so light, so fun.". (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Pinpointing Alzheimer's Structures Aug 23, 2008
Stultz's approach to the problem combines his background in engineering and medicine (he holds a PhD and MD, and is a practicing cardiologist with appointments at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the West Roxbury Veterans Administration Hospital). In his work, biochemical experiments inform a novel computer modeling technique aimed at better understanding one type of protein associated with the disease. (Science Daily)
Molecule That Keeps Pathogens Like Salmonella In Check Uncovered Aug 23, 2008
Matthew Waldor and Jennifer Ritchie from Brigham and Women's Hospital also participated. The work was funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Ellison Medical Foundation, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, the Welch Foundation and UT Southwestern's High Impact/High Risk Research Program. (Science Daily)
Facing up to some thorny problems in transplant surgery Aug 23, 2008
"Doctors plan to do more face transplants but are having a hard time finding donors."Everyone says they would accept a face transplant if they were disfigured," Dr Lantieri said. "The real question is, would you be a donor, or would you allow your family member to donate their face. That is the answer we need to change. (Scotsman)
Facialtransplantscould beroutine Aug 22, 2008
"To be able to wean down the dosage of the medication in small amounts and relatively quickly, that is encouraging," said Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, a plastic surgeon at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. FREE VIDEO. (MSNBC -- Health)
Making 'Good' Fat From Muscle And Vice Versa Aug 22, 2008
Other authors of the paper include Bryan Bjork, PhD, and David R. Beier, PhD, MD, of Brigham and Women's Hospital; Michael Rudnicki, PhD, of the Ottawa Health Research Institute; and Hediye Erdjument-Bromage, PhD, and Paul Tempst, PhD, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Adapted from materials provided by , via , a service of AAAS.. (Science Daily)
MD wants codeine banned at hospital Aug 22, 2008
"... I've actually contacted the hospital leadership [at BC Women's Hospital] asking that it be yanked completely so we no longer have it available." ... Codeine is rarely dispensed to mothers after childbirth in Europe, Britain or New Zealand, said Dr. von Dadelszen of BC Women's Hospital. (Globe and Mail)
A conversation with Kobe Marinko and his mother, Lee Marinko Aug 22, 2008
"I called Brigham & Women's Hospital. We got an appointment in three weeks and started treatment in May. Our first time was at the Center for Adults with Pediatric Rheumatic Illness. After that, we transferred to see Dr. Peter Nigovic at Children's Hospital," she said. "Kobe has a rare form that doesn't show up in blood," and she wondered, "If we didn't get to see someone earlier, where would he be?". (Danvers Herald, MA)
New Cardio Risk Factors Seen After Joint Surgery Aug 20, 2008
"Revision joint replacement and bilateral surgery are much more prolonged operations than primary unilateral joint replacement," Dr. Jeffrey N. Katz, from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, said in a statement. "These findings suggest an increased risk with more prolonged surgery.". (MEDLINEplus)
Duxbury officer hit, hurt directing traffic Aug 19, 2008
MARSHFIELD A part-time Duxbury police officer was in critical condition last night at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, a day after he was struck by a sedan while directing Marshfield Fair traffic near the corner of Main and South River streets in Marshfield,police said ... He was taken to Brigham and Women's Hospital. (Boston Globe)
Thyatira News Aug 19, 2008
Congratulations are in order for my friends, Loyd and Kathryn Runnels of Savage, as they became the proud grandparents of twin girls born on Sat Aug 2 at Women's Hospital in East Memphis. Ryia Rayn was 18 inches long and her sister, Kyia Jade was 17 1/4 inches long and they both weighed 4 lbs. (Seantobia Democrat, MS)
Older Patients Less Likely to Be Taken to Trauma Centers Aug 19, 2008
D., M.P.H., MBA, assistant professor, department of surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and assistant professor, department of health policy and management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore; Ron M. Walls, M.D., chairman, department of emergency medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; August 2008, Archives of Surgery) ... Dr. Ron M. Walls, chairman of the department of emergency medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, expressed some surprise at... (Health-Finder)
Boys may grow out of asthma Aug 19, 2008
Over nine years, the team from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School and colleagues, identified a clear pattern. As the girls grew older, their reactivity to methacholine remained unchanged while the boys needed bigger doses to prompt a response. (Nursing Times)
Boys More Likely Than Girls to Outgrow Asthma Aug 19, 2008
"Persistence of airway responsiveness -- commonly referred to as twitchy airways -- is a major reason why asthma in girls may persist (or develop) past the onset of puberty," Dr. Kelan G. Tantisira, of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, told Reuters Health. It's known that the incidence of asthma around early school age is higher in boys than girls, whereas the incidence in adolescence and adulthood is higher in females than males, the researcher explained. (MEDLINEplus)
Boys More Likely To Grow Out Of Asthma Aug 16, 2008
A team from Brigham and Women's Hospital studied more than 1,000 children with asthma for an average of more than eight years. Each year, the children were given breathing tests to measure how much their airways responded to a substance called methacholine, which can trigger asthma. (Click2Houston, TX)
Asthma in boys may be just a phase, but for girls it may be there to stay Aug 16, 2008
"We wanted to investigate what was behind the observed sex differences in asthma rates and AR," says lead researcher, Kelan G. Tantisira, M.D., M.P.H., of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. "This is the first study to prospectively examine the natural history of sex differences in asthma in this manner.". (EurekAlert!)
Rate hikes help boost Partners' profit 25% Aug 15, 2008
General, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and an array of community and specialty hospitals and other entities, said it lost $167 million from treatment of Medicare and Medicaid patients, because government payments don't cover the full cost of treatment, and from insufficient state reimbursement for the care of uninsured patients. Also, several key Partners executives received substantial raises last year, according to statements filed with the state yesterday. (Boston Globe)
Asthma's Course Differs by Gender Aug 15, 2008
"While our results were not unexpected, they do point to intriguing potential mechanisms to explain the gender differences in asthma incidence and severity. Especially intriguing is that the differences in gender begin at the time of transition into early puberty," the lead researcher, Dr. Kelan G. Tantisira of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, said in a news release issued by the journal's publisher. More information. (Health-Finder)
Chromosomal Abnormalities in Cancer Aug 14, 2008
From the Division of Hematology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (S.F.); and the Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany (H.D.). Address reprint requests to Dr. D. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Prostate cancer surgery helps some live longer Aug 13, 2008
But researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston this week said men who had been screened for a longer period of time using PSA tests were less likely to have more serious features of prostate cancer at the time of diagnosis. Holmberg said the watchful waiting approach assessed in the study may be outdated, with "active surveillance" now favored by some as an alternative to aggressive surgical treatment. (MSNBC -- Health)
'Super Glue' Saves Man From Paralysis Aug 13, 2008
Although he had been able to "shuffle" into the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital emergency department, within days he had lost the use of his legs and was wheeled into surgery on a Sunday with little hope of walking again. Radiologist Ken Mitchell, who treated Henkel, said the main aim of the surgery on June 15 was to stop progression of the paralysis to the upper body, which could have killed him. (Fox News)
Activist turned extremist, US says Aug 12, 2008
Around the time she graduated from MIT in 1995, Siddiqui married Muhammad Khan, an anesthesiologist from Karachi who became a resident at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. At first, the couple seemed happy, hosting friends for meals in their apartment on St. Alphonsus Street in Roxbury. (Boston Globe)
Other deaths Aug 12, 2008
Alice G. KempAlice G. (Tirrell) Kemp, a dedicated Catholic volunteer, died Aug. 2 of complications of cancer at Brigham and Women's Hospital. She was 70 and had lived in Braintree and Duxbury. (Boston Globe)
Childhood brain tumor traced to normal stem cells gone bad Aug 12, 2008
"We now have a better idea of where these brain tumors come from and their relationship to normal stem cells in the brain," said Keith Ligon, MD, PhD, co-senior author of the report and an investigator at the Center for Molecular Oncologic Pathology at Dana-Farber and the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Co-senior author, David Rowitch, MD, PhD, currently a professor of pediatrics and neurosurgery at UCSF and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, commented that mouse experiments... (EurekAlert!)
Dr. Stuart T. Hauser, at 70; headed Judge Baker center Aug 11, 2008
Dr. George Vaillant, a senior psychiatrist at Brigham and Women's Hospital, said that "one of the extraordinary things about Stuart was his tenacity in really trying to understand the lives of adolescents over time. He had an ability rare in longitudinal research to do careful quantitative work. At the same time, he didn't lose sight of the human forest for the statistical trees.". Stuart Theodore Hauser grew up in the Bronx and graduated from the Bronx High School of Science. (Boston Globe)
When screening for HIV, how good should a test be? Aug 11, 2008
That debate flared anew when a study last week showed that an oral HIV test given to emergency room patients at Brigham and Women's Hospital incorrectly told four out of every 100 they might be infected. More definitive tests were immediately performed, and patients knew, often on the same day, that they did not actually carry the virus. (Boston Globe)
His work is nothing to lose sleep over Aug 11, 2008
Czeisler, who heads the sleep medicine divisions at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, wears many hats when it comes to what he calls our "cultural sleep disorder.". As a researcher, he's constantly turning out startling statistics on the medical and performance dangers of sleep deprivation. (Boston Globe)
Cross-donor system planned for region's kidney patients Aug 11, 2008
Ross has faulted other approaches for discriminating against one group of patients in favor of another, but she said she's ''totally in favor" of Roth's system. The paired-exchange system comes 50 years after Dr. Joseph Murray carried out the nation's first kidney transplant at what is now Brigham and Women's Hospital, using a kidney taken from the patient's identical twin to avoid organ rejection. Today, in part to antirejection drugs, surgeons can often transplant kidneys between perfect... (Yahoo News -- Organ Donation & Transplants)
Kit to help ovarian cancer sufferers Aug 10, 2008
A new patient resource kit designed to help women battling ovarian cancer has been unveiled at the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne. The kit includes an information guide to living with the cancer and a daily diary for recording doctors' appointments and setting goals. (ABC Online)
Baby, 1, hit by police vehicle in Jamaica Plain Aug 9, 2008
The officer was taken to Brigham and Women's Hospital. It was not clear last night whether they had been released. (Boston Globe)
Comprehensive Treatment Of Extensively Drug-resistant TB Works, Study Finds Aug 9, 2008
Researchers from HMS, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Partners In Health, Harvard School of Public Health, and the Massachusetts State Laboratory Institute, along with Lima, Peru-based organizations Socios en Salud, the Peruvian Ministry of Health, and Hospital Nacional Sergio E. Bernales, had already demonstrated that aggressive, outpatient treatment could cure multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), which is resistant to two first-line anti-TB drugs. That pilot program has been adopted as a... (Science Daily)
West Nile's Targets Uncovered Aug 8, 2008
Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston contributed to the paper. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
Interrupted Night Sleep Worse for Cognitive Function Aug 8, 2008
(SOURCE: Brigham and Women's Hospital, news release, Aug. 4, 2008) ... "The cognitive impairment during the biological night was twice as large as during the normal time of awakening -- the biological morning," lead author Frank A.J.L. Scheer, a neuroscientist in Brigham and Women's Hospital Division of Sleep Medicine, said in a hospital news release. (Health-Finder)
Details emerge in barroom death Aug 8, 2008
and pronounced dead early Sunday morning at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Agati said the manner of death is now ruled a homicide in that it wasn't part of a natural process and was brought about by another person. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Study helps pinpoint genetic variations in European Americans Aug 8, 2008
Drineas and Paschou were assisted in the research by Rensselaer graduate student Jamey Lewis; Caroline M. Nievergelt of the Scripps Research Institute and the University of California at San Diego; Deborah A. Nickerson and Joshua D. Smith of the University of Washington; Paul M. Ridker and Daniel I. Chasman of Brigham and Women's Hospital; Ronald M. Krauss of the Children's Hospital of Oakland Research Institute; and Elad Ziv of the University of California San Francisco. The research was funded... (EurekAlert!)
From ministry to medicine Aug 7, 2008
Yancy Cooper, who directs marketing and public relations at Crossgates River Oaks Hospital, River Oaks Hospital and Women's Hospital, said Perkins is the only physician she's aware of at the group of medical centers with a ministry background. "He is a very dynamic physician that definitely cares about the patients he treats," she said. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Best for baby Aug 7, 2008
They are the N.C. Women's Hospital at UNC Health Care, and the Women's Birth and Wellness Center in Chapel Hill, the state's only out-of-hospital birthing center ... The decision to halt this practice moves the N.C. Women's Hospital, part of the state's flagship medical center, closer to becoming designated a Baby Friendly Hospital, a UNICEF and World Health Organization initiative aimed at encouraging breast-feeding ... "It's fun to be one of the leaders in this state," said Mary Rose Tully,... (News & Observer)
Seabrook bar fight death now ruled homicide Aug 7, 2008
and then to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, where he was pronounced dead early Sunday morning. Police arrested Janvrin Jr., at the scene and charged him with simple assault before Eaton died, according to police reports. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Light Exercise Prevents Atrial Fibrillation in Elderly Aug 7, 2008
"Prior studies have looked at atrial fibrillation in young and middle-aged and generally healthy people," said study lead author Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, a cardiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. "They found that, for example, marathon runners have a higher risk of atrial fibrillation. But the vast majority of atrial fibrillation occurs later in life. After 65, about one in five people develops atrial fibrillation over 10 years.". (MEDLINEplus)
Afghans suspected scientist of a suicide plot Aug 6, 2008
Over the years, government documents have alleged that Siddiqui had ties to alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and married his nephew after she split from her former husband, Mohammad Amjad Khan, who had been a resident at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Siddiqui's deep knowledge of science and her potential access to a variety of US institutions would have made her an attractive recruit for Al Qaeda, said Bruce Hoffman, a terrorism specialist at Georgetown University. (Boston Globe)
Actor listed as serious Aug 5, 2008
Novak, 77, a conservative Sun-Times political commentator whose columns are syndicated nationwide, was diagnosed with a brain tumor last week and was admitted to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston for treatment. He announced at the time that he was "suspending my journalistic work for an indefinite but, God willing, not too lengthy period.". (Boston Globe)
Gunshots injure 3 at block party Aug 5, 2008
Boston police were trying to determine yesterday what led up to the shooting that sent a 19-year-old man to Boston Medical Center with critical injuries, an 18-year-old man to Brigham and Women's Hospital with minor injuries, and the 14-year-old to Children's Hospital, Boston, also with minor injuries. There were no suspects, and police had made no arrests last evening in the shooting around 1:20 a.m. on Leroy Street, off Geneva Avenue. (Boston Globe)
Seabrook man faces assault charges following fatal bar fight Aug 5, 2008
and then to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, where he was pronounced dead. According to Agati, if felony charges are levied against Janvrin, those counts could come from a Rockingham County grand jury and would be handled by Rockingham Superior Court. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Robert Novak announces immediate retirement Aug 5, 2008
Novak, 77, fell ill on Cape Cod this weekend while visiting his daughter and was rushed to Brigham and Women's Hospital. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais). (The Trentonian, NJ)
Man dies after argument at NH restaurant Aug 4, 2008
State Attorney General Kelly Ayotte says 42-year-old Scott Allen Eaton died Sunday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. An autopsy has been scheduled. (Concord Monitor)
Medical residents lack sleep, despite policy change Aug 4, 2008
Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, for example, has cut surgical shifts from 24 hours straight to 12 hours, Landrigan says. The hospital is also considering reducing shifts for residents in the intensive care unit. (USA Today -- News)
HIV more widespread than thought Aug 3, 2008
"It's going to require a whole lot more in resources to be able to provide appropriate medical care for this additional 160,000 people," said Dr. Daniel R. Kuritzkes, director of AIDS research at Brigham and Women's Hospital. "I hope these new estimates do serve as a wake-up call.". (Boston Globe)
