Surgery’s far frontier: Head transplants June 5, 2015 Head transplants, at the extreme frontier of medicine, are inching toward reality. Robert Truog…
Viral History in a Drop of Blood June 4, 2015 VirScan reveals current and past infections in a single test
Scientists grow first bio limb in lab June 4, 2015 Scientists have grown the fist bio rat limb with veins and muscles. The scientists believe this is…
Every virus a person has had can be seen in a drop of blood, researchers find June 4, 2015 Using less than a drop of blood, a new test can reveal nearly every virus a person has ever been…
Ebola’s long shadow June 4, 2015 In Africa, Ebola may have receded, but it is still exacting a heavy toll. Now, as the virus ebbs…
Global health: Who should pay for your altruism? June 4, 2015 Anupam Jena, assistant professor of health care policy, coauthored this opinion piece about…
Michael Greenberg Receives Gruber Prize June 3, 2015 HMS Head of Neurobiology to share $500,000 award
A talking teddy bear practicing in the pediatric hospital June 3, 2015 Can a robotic teddy bear help alleviate anxiety, pain and isolation for children in a hospital…
Deadly infections drive billions in hospital bills to Medicare June 3, 2015 Life-threatening complications from bacterial infections are on the rise among hospital patients…
The perils of delirium June 2, 2015 Federal health authorities, who are seeking ways to reduce hospital-acquired complications, are…
