Doctors’ pay rises with new patients March 6, 2012 Getting in to see a primary-care doctor at Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s hospitals…
Do electronic medical records save money? March 6, 2012 The New York Times ran an editorial about a new study on electronic medical records led by Danny…
Trying to be empathetic key for couples March 6, 2012 A man likes to know when his wife or girlfriend is happy, but a woman wants the man in her life to…
Harvard Medical School launches $10M primary care project March 5, 2012 The HMS Center for Primary Care announced it will contribute $5 million to a new project designed…
Pilots get less sleep than other workers, according to new poll March 5, 2012 Many people occasionally get drowsy while working, but airline pilots are more prone to getting…
Digital records may not cut health costs, study cautions March 5, 2012 Computerized patient records are unlikely to cut health care costs and may actually encourage…
Artificial pancreas gives girl a vacation from diabetes March 4, 2012 A child from New Hampshire was selected to try out an experimental device called an artificial or…
Are those your cells talking to that machine? Harvard researchers develop magnetic yeast March 2, 2012 Butterflies and bees are some of the only magnetically-aware organisms in the world. That was…
Medical research is key to nation’s health March 2, 2012 Jeffrey S. Flier, dean of the faculty of medicine at HMS and the deans of the BU School of…
Approaching bioethics March 1, 2012 In designing the concentration Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology at Harvard, particular…
Medicare's new ranking system raises concerns at Harvard-affiliated hospitals March 1, 2012 A new ranking system implemented by Medicare, aimed at identifying hospitals with patient safety…
Vitamin D on trial March 1, 2012 Prevention trials for vitamins and supplements are notoriously difficult, but some researchers…
