Ancient viruses as gene therapy vectors July 31, 2015 Researchers deploy ancestors of today’s adeno-associated viruses to deliver gene therapies without…
New analysis of antidepressants in pregnancy finds little added risk of newborn pulmonary hypertension July 31, 2015 The largest study to examine persistent pulmonary hypertension in newborns exposed to…
Seizing a Medicare moment to improve end-of-life care July 31, 2015 Mildred Solomon, professor of anaesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital, is a coauthor of this…
Scientists resurrect millennia-old viruses for use in gene therapy July 31, 2015 Scientists have successfully reconstructed a virus thousands of years after it became extinct, a…
FDA warns of security flaw in Hospira infusion pumps July 31, 2015 The FDA has advised health care providers to discontinue use of a medical device because of a cyber…
Mysterious 'ghost population' may have been among first Americans July 30, 2015 According to a new report, DNA evidence has revealed that two Amazonian tribes – the Surui and the…
Rev. Edwin H. Cassem, 80; Jesuit served as MGH’s chief of psychiatry July 30, 2015 Edwin H. Cassem, professor of psychiatry emeritus and former chief of psychiatry at Massachusetts…
Suit against Harvard, Brigham and Women’s is dismissed July 30, 2015 A federal district court judge has dismissed two scientists’ lawsuit against Brigham and Women’s…
The average worker loses 11 days of productivity each year due to insomnia, and companies are taking notice July 30, 2015 A growing awareness of the dangers of sleep deprivation on health - and therefore, its impact on…
New moms cite lack of advice from docs on key issues: Sleeping, breastfeeding July 30, 2015 According to a new, NIH-funded study, many new mothers may not be getting enough advice on critical…
Building a Khan Academy for health care July 29, 2015 Angleo Volandes, assistant professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, authored this…
