Images probe artery-hardening plaques February 10, 2016 Joshua Hutcheson’s (Brigham and Women’s) research looks at the importance of collagen protecting…
Refugee mental health needs could overwhelm, experts fear February 10, 2016 Experts estimate that 10 to 20 percent of incoming Syrians refugees to the U.S. will have war…
Assisted suicide study questions its use for mentally ill February 10, 2016 John Peteet (Brigham and Women’s) co-authored a study of doctor-assisted death for people with…
Weight-loss surgery may lengthen older people's lives: Study February 10, 2016 Middle-aged and even older people seem to gain a survival boost from gastric bypass surgery…
Out of Whack February 8, 2016 Circadian misalignment helps explain higher cardiovascular risk in shift workers
Many in hospice don't get medical visit in last 2 days of life: Study February 8, 2016 In the last two days before dying, many hospice patients cared for at home or in a nursing home were…
Harvard Medical School students decry lack of diversity February 8, 2016 Harvard medical and dental students in the newly formed Racial Justice Coalition delivered a…
John Wyatt, 69; pioneered retinal prosthetics at MIT February 8, 2016 John Wyatt, whose retinal implant research aimed to restore sight to those diagnosed with macular…
Fantasies about fantasy sports: Imagined fictions versus science guided facts February 7, 2016 Peter Emerson (Cambridge Health Alliance) and Howard Shaffer (Cambridge Health Alliance) coauthored…
Wait not in vain February 6, 2016 After decades of piecemeal progress, the science of cryogenically storing human organs is warming up…
Rare consensus on drug prices must lead to action February 6, 2016 There are signs that members of Congress from both parties may work together on making medicine…
Med students deliver petition to Mass Hall February 5, 2016 A group of roughly 40 Harvard Medical School students delivered to Massachusetts Hall a petition…
