Diet swap shows how junk food might give you cancer April 28, 2015 Just a two-week diet swap shows just how bad a Western diet of junk food is for us, according to a…
Shortfall in operations causes a third of deaths worldwide: Lancet April 27, 2015 Five billion people worldwide do not have access to safe surgery and anesthesia, more than double…
Have scientists found a way to 'switch off' hunger? April 27, 2015 There could be hope for dieters however, after scientists identified the brain cells that create the…
Routine surgeries could save millions of lives, if they were available April 27, 2015 Millions of people worldwide die from appendicitis, obstructed labor, compound fractures and other…
Turning off hunger pangs April 27, 2015 Neurons in the hypothalamus that express the melanocortin 4 receptor and communicate with a region…
Why are women 60 percent more likely to experience an anxiety disorder? April 27, 2015 Mohammed Milad, associate professor of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, participated in…
Advance directives 2.0 April 27, 2015 Angelo Volandes, assistant professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, authored this…
Good care for monkeys at primate center April 25, 2015 Debra Caporizzo, research associate in pathology at the New England Primate Research Center…
Personalized cancer treatment, driven by a blood filter the size of a credit card April 25, 2015 Calling an illness “prostate cancer” or “breast cancer” doesn’t get to the core of the problem. That…
How to protect your kids' eyes and ears from too much screen time April 25, 2015 You have likely experienced symptoms of staring at a screen for prolonged periods of time, like dry…
‘De-extinction’ of the woolly mammoth: A step closer April 24, 2015 Four thousand years after the woolly mammoth vanished from the Earth, scientists have deciphered the…
