On Friday, March 20, BUSM fourth-year medical students joined their peers across the nation, counting down the clock until noon when they opened their envelopes to learn where they will be heading to next. Match Day is a nationwide annual rite of passage for graduating medical students when they are matched with residencies–the final stage of […]
Huntington’s Disease is a fatal, inherited neurological disease that usually manifests between 30 and 50 years of age. The disease is caused by a genetic defect that is passed from parent to child in the huntingtin gene. Having too many repeated elements in the gene sequence causes the disease and an increasing number of repeats […]
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BUSM’s Narayanan “Bobby” Kasthuri on how our wiring makes us human In the video above, Bobby Kasthuri explains how mapping the way neurons connect could help us understand what makes us who we are. Video by Joe Chan. Bobby Kasthuri needs a map. Not your everyday, get-me-to-Kenmore-Square kind of map. He’s got something else in […]
After a few snow storms delays, BUSM’s second year medical students finally got the chance on Monday, Feb. 23 to share the research they conducted over the summer through the Medical Student Summer Research Program (MSSRP). During the summer of 2014, 22 students participated in the program. Organized through the Office of Enrichment and supported by […]
BUSM students took a break from the routine last weekend for a different kind of hands on work. Working in small shifts, a group of 30 BUSM students, from first to fourth years, spent the weekend painting a mural on the wall of Boston Medical Center’s pediatric inpatient unit. Clara Zhu, BUSM Class of 2018 […]
Boston Magazine Robert Vinci, MD, pediatrics; Clara Zhu, first year medical student Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) students have been hard a work on a project that has nothing to do with medicine. It does, however, have a lot to do with treating patients. Student quote: “Art is important in hospitals. Healing is not […]
NPR, Shots Blog Mandy Coles, MD, MPH, pediatrics When Wendy Sue Swanson started out as a pediatrician eight years ago, it never crossed her mind to bring up the option of intrauterine devices — an insertable form of long-acting contraception — when she had her regular birth-control discussions with teenage patients who were sexually active. […]
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The Atlantic Mandy Coles, MD, MPH, pediatrics When Wendy Sue Swanson started out as a pediatrician eight years ago, it never crossed her mind to bring up the option of intrauterine devices—an insertable form of long-acting contraception—when she had her regular birth-control discussions with teenage patients who were sexually active. Expert quote: But it’s hard […]
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Vox Jeffrey Spiegel, MD, otolaryngology Mucus is not widely considered a topic for polite conversation. It’s something to be discreetly blown into a tissue, folded up, and thrown away. But the simple truth is that without mucus, you wouldn’t be alive. Expert quote: “Mucus is essential for the protection of your body,” says Jeffrey Spiegel, an […]
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BU Research Ann McKee, MD, neurology and pathology For Ann McKee, every brain tells a story. And sometimes it’s a tragic one. McKee, a professor of neurology and pathology at the Boston University School of Medicine (MED), is the director of neuropathology for the Veterans Affairs New England Healthcare System, and also directs BU’s Chronic […]
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