Eating poop pills could make you thin. Seriously. January 14, 2016 In March 2016, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital led by Elaine Yu (Mass General) will…
Paroxetine in early pregnancy once again linked to birth defects January 14, 2016 Women who take the antidepressant paroxetine early in pregnancy may be more likely to have babies…
Have your mayo and eat it too: Expert says cutting calories leads to obesity January 14, 2016 Research led by David Ludwig (Boston Children’s) suggests that the low-fat, low-calorie method…
‘Moonshot’ to cure cancer, to be led by Biden, relies on outmoded view of disease January 13, 2016 Cancer researchers, who met with Vice President Joseph Biden’s staff, offered a number of ideas on…
Duchenne pioneer says FDA rejection of Sarepta’s drug ‘would be a travesty’ January 13, 2016 Lou Kunkel (Boston Children’s) participated in an interview about two drugs pending approval by the…
Control of CRISPR, biotech’s most promising breakthrough, is in dispute January 13, 2016 This week, the trial process that will determine who invented CRISPR, a gene-editing technology…
Harvard Med narrows faculty gender gap, but slowly January 12, 2016 As in many other fields, women are close to reaching parity in medical schools. Mentoring programs…
‘Overeating does not make you fat,’ expert says January 12, 2016 Entrenched nutrition standards have encouraged low-fat, high-carb diets. Weight loss, we are told…
Female professors are woefully outnumbered at med schools nationwide January 12, 2016 Women are rising in rank at medical schools, but still have a long way to go to catch up with their…
Author sees mind-body medicine becoming a routine part of healing January 12, 2016 The work of Ted Kaptchuk (Beth Israel Deaconess), as well as that of many other researchers and…
Inside Insights on Cardiovascular Buildup January 11, 2016 A super resolution view of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques
