To age well, walk May 27, 2014 Regular exercise, including walking, significantly reduces the chance that a frail older person…
Brain implant allows baby girl, born deaf, to hear for the first time May 27, 2014 Further coverage of the youngest infant in the United States to receive an Auditory Brain Stem…
Bolder action is needed to keep young people from smoking May 27, 2014 Edward J. Benz, president and CEO of the Dana-Farber Institute and the Richard and Susan Smith…
Advances in melanoma treatment prolonging lives May 26, 2014 New studies to be released at a cancer research conference beginning this weekend in Chicago are…
Inside the economics of the delivery room May 26, 2014 Guidelines issued last month by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the…
From Disinfecting Food to Treating Burn Wounds May 23, 2014 Pulsed electrical fields reduced drug-resistant bacteria
Women Up: Dr. Elizabeth Nabel of Brigham and Women's Hospital May 23, 2014 Elizabeth Nabel, president of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and professor of medicine at HMS, is…
Blocking pain receptors extends lifespan, mouse study suggests May 23, 2014 Scientists have found a way to beat back the hands of time and fight the ravages of old age, at…
Why a MERS vaccine won't be easy May 23, 2014 With other dangerous diseases, like smallpox, polio, and measles, vaccines provide protection and…
Ask the Expert: Where does it go? May 23, 2014 Ever wonder why you need to keep getting Botox? Or what happens to the tattoo you're trying to…
The $84,000 question: Will focusing on drug prices rein in costs? May 22, 2014 The mounting scrutiny of prescription drug prices in the U.S. reached fever pitch when a new drug…
Mammograms save lives May 22, 2014 Daniel B. Kopans, professor of radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, authored this opinion…