If a premature baby is medically stable, a study finds”kangaroo care”—including prolonged skin-to-skin contact—might well do some good. Grace Jean-Yee Chan (Boston Children’s, Harvard Chan School) is senior author of the study.
Hilary Clinton has proposed a $2 billion-a-year investment in Alzheimer’s research, more than double the amount in the recently passed appropriations bill, to combat the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States. Rudolph Tanzi (Mass General) is quoted.
In interviews with STAT, doctors and outside experts pointed to a series of weaknesses in the NFL’s program for addressing player concussions. Brian Nahed (Mass General) is quoted.
