Who really needs to take a statin? May 28, 2014 Changes in the way doctors can prescribe the cholesterol-lowering drugs means millions of healthy…
Laser light triggers stem cells to regrow teeth May 28, 2014 With a simple, low-power laser, Harvard University scientists have triggered naturally-occurring…
Antidepressant may ease hot flashes of menopause May 28, 2014 The hormone estrogen is the recommended treatment for menopausal night sweats and hot flashes, but…
Mass. General scientists will build brain implants May 27, 2014 Boston researchers will build a generation of brain implants under an ambitious Defense Department…
To age well, walk May 27, 2014 Regular exercise, including walking, significantly reduces the chance that a frail older person…
Brain implant allows baby girl, born deaf, to hear for the first time May 27, 2014 Further coverage of the youngest infant in the United States to receive an Auditory Brain Stem…
Bolder action is needed to keep young people from smoking May 27, 2014 Edward J. Benz, president and CEO of the Dana-Farber Institute and the Richard and Susan Smith…
Advances in melanoma treatment prolonging lives May 26, 2014 New studies to be released at a cancer research conference beginning this weekend in Chicago are…
Inside the economics of the delivery room May 26, 2014 Guidelines issued last month by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the…
Blocking pain receptors extends lifespan, mouse study suggests May 23, 2014 Scientists have found a way to beat back the hands of time and fight the ravages of old age, at…