Safe Passage Through The Tombstones: Why I Attend My Patients' Memorials
For Dr. John Loughnane, attending the funerals of his patients is a chance to breach the distance between doctors and families, and to embrace the person who has passed.
View ArticleRoad Closures On Marathon Days Increase The Risk Of Death From Heart Attack,...
The chance of death after heart attack rises 13 to 15 percent on marathon days in 11 U.S. cities. The culprit isn't runners collapsing on the course. It's delays due to road closures.
View ArticleFitness Gains Persist Even Weeks After You Ease Off, Marathon Study Suggests
"People in the running community don't like to rest," Dr. Aaron Baggish says. "This is a good reminder that they can, and they probably should.”
View ArticleSeeking The Strength To Accept My New Life In A Wheelchair
Chris Anselmo realizes that by resisting each subsequent piece of adaptive equipment and by giving in to his worst fears over the years, he was the one who was limiting his future.
View ArticleChurches Step Up To Help With Opioid Epidemic, But Spirituality's Role In...
Many local religious leaders say a new part of their mission is to understand and help with the ravages of the opioid epidemic, but the issue of spirituality and addiction treatment is complicated.
View ArticleLeaders Of Boston Medical Powerhouses Back 'March For Science'
The March for Science, says Dr. Jason Wasfy of Massachusetts General Hospital, "is not about politics so much as it is about really hammering home that science matters. And in biomedical science, it...
View ArticleMarch For Science Moments: Harvard Dean's Outrage, Stories Of Lives Saved
From the dean of Harvard Med to a girl saved from dying of cancer, some voices from the Longwood rally before Saturday's March For Science in Boston.
View ArticleClinic At UVM Offers Therapies To Help Resettled Refugees Work Through Trauma
Connecting Cultures clinic, based at the University of Vermont, offers mental health treatment services to refugees struggling with tragic memories and adjusting to living in the U.S.
View ArticlePediatric Refugee Clinic At Yale Helps Children 'Move Beyond The Trauma'
Refugee health assessments at a Yale University clinic take time and require cross-cultural medical knowledge.
View ArticleStudy Finds A Rare, 'Small Silver Lining' Of Climate Change: More Exercise
In 2099, people may be as active in February as they are now in March, the study finds.
View Article'Trauma Teams' To Help Boston Residents In Higher Crime Areas Cope In Wake Of...
A neighborhood health clinic partnered with a community-based organization will join forces to help connect those suffering in the aftermath of homicides and other violence with trauma services.
View ArticlePartners HealthCare, Brigham Hospital Pay $10M In Medical Research Fraud Case
The settlement resolves allegations that a Brigham stem cell research lab run fraudulently obtained grant funding from the National Institutes of Health.
View ArticleBrigham And Women's Hospital Offers Buyouts. Here Are Some Forces Behind Them
The hospital says that while the take-up rate for buyouts is typically 30 percent, the voluntary buyout it is offering might generate more interest. It not ruling out layoffs, however.
View ArticleHow Yogurt Science Could Lead To A Cure For Sickle Cell Anemia
"Imagine that! The future of gene therapy began in a yogurt vat."
View ArticleAs Climate Protesters March, Researchers Gather For New Field: 'Planetary...
While marchers are out in the streets calling for action on climate change, nearly 400 conference-goers at Harvard Medical School will be discussing just what the changing environment is doing -- and...
View ArticleWhy College Students Really Should Vacuum (It's About Health, Not Disgusting...
No one has ever connected a cancer diagnosis to a college dorm room, but a study finds the potentially carcinogenic flame retardant chemicals in furniture can get out into the dust.
View ArticleAs Opioid Epidemic Rages On, Massachusetts Medical Society Backs Supervised...
Supervised injection facilities are rooms where drug users can go to safely inject heroin or other drugs under medical supervision.
View ArticleGov. Baker Says He'd Like More Information On Safe Injection Vote
The Massachusetts Medical Society on Saturday voted overwhelmingly to approve a pilot project of supervised injection facilities.
View ArticleThe Gift Of Life Comes Full Circle: Sperm Donor Fighting Brain Cancer Meets...
Former Massachusetts resident Sean Bunn found out in the midst of fighting brain cancer that he has two biological daughters as a result of donating sperm when he was in college.
View ArticleAmgen Offers Cholesterol Drug With First Refund Guarantee For Heart Attack Or...
Amid concerns about the cost of the drug Repatha, pharmaceutical company Amgen is pledging money back guarantees, making its first such deal with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. "We want to stand behind...
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