Corporate world finds value in the nap February 10, 2014 Leave it to the tech set to tinker with something so perfect as the nap. Scientists who study…
Disruptions: For a restful night, make your smartphone sleep on the couch February 9, 2014 To avoid constantly checking email and Twitter in the middle of the night, a traditional alarm…
Can money buy happiness? February 9, 2014 Moshe Bar, associate professor of radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, authored an item in…
A catalog of cancer genes that's done, or just a start February 7, 2014 Cancer is a disease of genes gone wrong. The National Institutes of Health, hoping to speed up the…
A low-sodium diet is still the best bet: study February 7, 2014 Eating less than one teaspoon of salt per day remains the ideal goal for Americans, according to a…
A big reveal touches a nerve February 7, 2014 It is the moment “The Biggest Loser” viewers anticipate all season. But when Rachel Frederickson…
Beth Israel, Baptist team up on orthopedic care February 6, 2014 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center said yesterday it will work jointly with New England Baptist…
Autistic behavior is curbed in animal study of older drug February 6, 2014 A drug given to pregnant mice prevented autism-like behavior in their offspring, encouraging…
Uterine surgical technique is linked to abnormal growths and cancer spread February 6, 2014 Concerns are increasing among doctors about the safety of a procedure performed on tens of…
The debate over new stem cell technique begins February 6, 2014 Already, scientists in laboratories across the world have begun dipping mature cells in acid…
Extraordinary stem cell method tested in human tissue February 5, 2014 Hot on the heels of the news that simply dipping adult mouse cells in acid could turn them into…
Study suggests misplaced fears in longer childbirths February 5, 2014 A new study has found that epidurals are associated with an even longer duration in the second…