Selected April Publications from BIDMC Faculty

Building on our culture of collaboration and innovation, our researchers are helping to transform medicine and health care delivery. Below are selected academic publications issued in April 2023.

Escalating costs of billion-dollar disasters in the US: Climate change necessitates disaster risk reduction
Journal of Climate Change and Health / Original Research / April 1, 2023
BIDMC Authors: Vijai Bhola, Attila Hertelendy, Alexander Hart, Syafwan Bin Adnan, Gregory Ciottone (Disaster Medicine Fellowship)

Pharmacotherapy of obesity: an update on the available medications and drugs under investigation
eClinical Medicine / Original Research / April 1, 2023
BIDMC Author: Christos S. Mantzoros (Department of Medicine)

Differences in use of services and quality of care in Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare, 2010 and 2017
Health Affairs / Original Research / April 1, 2023
BIDMC Authors: Bruce E. Landon, Timothy S. Anderson (Department of Medicine)

Cutaneous α-synuclein signatures in patients with multiple system atrophy and Parkinson’s disease
Neurology / Original Research / April 11, 2023
BIDMC Authors: Christopher Gibbons, Ningshan Wang, Roy Freeman (Department of Neurology)

Effectiveness of conditioned open-label placebo with methadone in treatment of opioid use disorder
JAMA Network Open / Original Research / April 12, 2023
BIDMC Author: Ted J. Kaptchuk (Program in Placebo Studies)

Initiation of oral anticoagulation in US older adults newly diagnosed with atrial fibrillation during hospitalization
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society / Original Research / April 24, 2023
BIDMC Authors: Aaron L. Troy, Shoshana J. Herzig, Shrunjal Trivedi, Timothy S. Anderson (Department of Medicine)