When healers get too friendly November 11, 2013 It takes only a moment to step over the line, especially when no one knows exactly where the line…
Nuts linked with lower pancreatic cancer risk November 10, 2013 Good news for everyone whose go-to afternoon snack is a handful of almonds. Researchers from HMS…
Alzheimer's risk before symptoms: Do you want to know? November 9, 2013 Alzheimer’s disease has no cure or effective long-term treatment. Many drug trials have failed to…
Doctor’s Orders November 8, 2013 A veteran of war and vascular surgery offers advice on health reform
Open-access genomes November 8, 2013 The U.K.’s newly launched Personal Genome Project seeks volunteers. George Church, the Robert…
Extreme mothering: When a child has a relentless disease November 8, 2013 WBUR features the story of a mother whose daughter was diagnosed with Tay-Sachs disease, a fatal…
Clinical trial begun of a vaccine to prevent genital herpes November 8, 2013 U.S. researchers began an early stage clinical trial of a vaccine to prevent genital herpes…
Harvard zebrafish research yields possible treatments for muscle diseases November 7, 2013 Zebrafish experiments by Harvard University researchers yielded new chemicals that prod stem cells…
Sicker heart attack patients fare worse in July November 7, 2013 Rumor has it the worst time and place to be sick is in a teaching hospital in July, when new…
Anyone who breathes air can get lung cancer November 7, 2013 Lecia V. Sequist, HMS associate professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, authored…
