Charles Bray

1 week ago | bmj.com | Christopher Worsham |Charles Bray |Anupam B. Jena

Research BMJ 2025; 389 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-082324 Cite this as: BMJ 2025;389:e082324 Christopher M Worsham, assistant professor123, Charles F Bray, research assistant1, Anupam B Jena, Joseph P Newhouse professor of health care policy and medicine124 1Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA 2Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA 3Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital,...

Jul 25, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Eva Senechal |Charles Bray |Christopher Worsham |Anupam B. Jena

Introduction Popular culture has been shown to influence health behaviors among the general public.1 For example, Katie Couric’s live streamed colonoscopy was associated with a transient 21% increase in colonoscopies, Angelina Jolie’s essay about her experience with breast cancer led to a transient 64% increase in genetic testing, and a 29% increase in suicide rates was observed in the months following the controversial season finale of 13 Reasons Why.2-4 The movie Barbie was released July...

Feb 21, 2024 | bmj.com | Jin GZ |Christopher Worsham |Charles Bray |Anupam B. Jena

Research BMJ 2024; 384 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-077076 Cite this as: BMJ 2024;384:e077076 Christopher M Worsham, assistant professor1 2 3, Charles F Bray, research assistant1, Anupam B Jena, Joseph P Newhouse professor of health care policy and medicine1 2 4 1Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA 2Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA 3Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General...

Jun 7, 2023 | nejm.org | Christopher Worsham |Michael Kearney |Charles Bray

To the Editor: In February 2021, a major power outage caused by cold weather affected millions of Texas residents and was estimated to have caused at least 300 cases of carbon monoxide poisoning, including several deaths, in Harris County alone.1 Outbreaks of carbon monoxide poisoning have been reported after adverse weather events, which are often associated with power outages and the use of electrical generators, but these outbreaks have not been systematically studied.2-4 We hypothesized...