Welcome
Letter From The Editor
In this issue we are pleased to bring you the exciting news that Dubai Healthcare City will launch a world-class tertiary care teaching hospital. This story has been developing for several months, as faculty from HMI, health care leaders in Dubai, a team of architects from a top firm, and clinical and administrative experts from throughout the Harvard medical community have worked together to design every component of the University Hospital.
Around Harvard
Harvard Publications
Probability pegs brain activity
Focus
Blood stem cell’s roles could help clarify pathogenesis
Harvard Gazette
News from HMS Affiliates
Slow reading in dyslexia tied to disorganized brain
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Genome study charts genetic landscape of lung cancer
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
The aging brain: Failure to communicate
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Increasing growth hormone release reduces abdominal fat accumulation and improves lipid levels in HIV-infected patients
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Health Publications
Top 10 health stories of 2007
Harvard Health Letter
Gout: Joint pain and more
Harvard Men’s Health Watch
Making the most of psychiatric advance directives
Harvard Mental Health Letter
Revisiting hormone therapy’s risks and benefits
Harvard Women’s Health Watch
Genetic help for a blood-thinner balancing act
Harvard Heart Letter
More Featrured Stories
Five Questions
HMI medical planner and architect Judy Mitchell on facilities design
Briefcase
At the intersection of ideas with Dr. Clayton Christensen of Harvard Business School
Affiliate Spotlight
Quality contributions from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
From the Archives
Visionary leadership drives partnership focused on raising standard of excellence for leading Turkish health care provider
