Harvard doctors learning at local hospital April 6, 2012 HMS physicians are learning a cath lab procedure from physicians at “Cardiovascular University” in…
Is your social network sabotaging your health? April 6, 2012 Both good habits and bad can spread like the flu through the circle of your closest connections…
Boston scientists grow lung tissue from skin cells April 6, 2012 Two teams of Boston scientists have developed new ways to turn stem cells into different types of…
Harvard study finds common pesticide kills bees April 6, 2012 A common pesticide used increasingly in recent years for crops such as corn and soybeans is the…
Hub minds, money key to creation of cancer drug April 5, 2012 HMS researchers were part of a team that created BIND-014, a cancer-fighting nanoparticle. Omid…
Doctors call for end to five cancer tests, treatments April 4, 2012 In a move that threatens to further inflame concerns about the rationing of medical care, the…
Report: Monkey death in Southborough violated welfare act April 4, 2012 A USDA report shows that a federal inspector determined the latest monkey death at the New England…
Toward universal health coverage April 4, 2012 Julio Frenk, dean of the Harvard School of Public Health, co-authored an op-ed about universal…
Scientists link gene mutation to autism risk April 4, 2012 Teams of scientists working independently have for the first time identified severalgene mutations…
Harvard Medical, others team up on personal genomics April 4, 2012 HMS and partners are launching a new study on the impact of consumer genomics co-led by Robert C…
Doctors detail high costs of fighting malpractice claims April 4, 2012 For doctors defending medical malpractice claims, costs vary widely across specialties and can run…
