Study finds support for newborn genetic testing among parents December 4, 2014 Most parents would like to have their newborns genetically tested for medical conditions and…
Stephen Colbert interviews Paul Farmer December 4, 2014 Paul Farmer, Kolokotrones University Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine and head of the…
Study casts doubt on low-dose aspirin for women under 65 December 4, 2014 Although low-dose aspirin may curb the risks of heart disease and colon cancer, the downsides appear…
Mediterranean diet could slow aging, study suggests December 3, 2014 As evidence continues to build that the Mediterranean diet is among the healthiest on the planet…
Farmer calls for scaled-up medical infrastructure to address Ebola outbreak December 3, 2014 During an event at Harvard Medical School, Paul Farmer, Kolokotrones University Professor of Global…
Study: New way to hold back herpes, keep virus latent December 3, 2014 For a herpes virus to go from a latent state to an active state, it needs to unpackage or unbundle…
The measles outbreak coming near you December 3, 2014 Haider Javed Warraich, instructor in medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, authored this…
How well you sleep may depend on your genes, study suggests December 3, 2014 How much sleep you get each night may depend to some extent on your genes, a new study suggests…
Geographic variations don't necessarily signify imaging overuse December 2, 2014 Recent study findings address an issue policymakers have been raising for years: Regional variation…
Maternal insulin resistance changes pancreas, increases metabolic disorders risk in offspring December 2, 2014 Metabolic changes in the mother during pregnancy have been linked to impaired fetal development and…
Will insanity save this Texas death row inmate? December 2, 2014 Judith Edersheim, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital…