Moving Away From 'White People Only' DNA Tests: African Project Seeks...
Recent efforts to study the genetics of a number of illnesses have what many of us are calling a “diversity problem.” Most of the work in human genetics so far has focused on people of Northern...
View ArticleSomerville Mayor Plans To Open A Supervised Consumption Site Next Year
Despite opposition from federal prosecutors, Joseph Curtatone is pledging to open a clinic where doctors and nurses would monitor illegal drug use and could reverse an overdose.
View ArticleInsurers Harvard Pilgrim And Tufts Health Plan Say They'll Merge
The state's second- and third-largest health insurance companies plan to merge.
View ArticleBoston Researchers Try Drug-Controlled Gene Therapy On Deadly Brain Tumor
The study on glioblastoma is the first example of such on-and-off gene therapy in humans, researchers say.
View ArticleWhat Does The Harvard Pilgrim-Tufts Merger Mean For Consumers?
Harvard Business School professor Leemore Dafny has studied this question and joins us this morning with some insights.
View ArticleThese Bionic Shorts Could Help You Run Longer Without Getting Tired
“You notice it. You feel it pulling on you,” says Harvard engineer Conor Walsh of the "exosuit" designed to help people walk longer or run farther with less fatigue.
View ArticleConcierge DNA Testing: Boston Doctors And Genetic Counselors Consult, But It...
It's arguably the opposite of modestly priced, do-it-yourself at-home DNA testing: a full-service genomics clinic for healthy patients who want the elite care of an academic medical center and will pay...
View ArticleA 2nd Person In Mass. Is Diagnosed With Mosquito-Linked EEE Disease
Another person has contracted the EEE virus in Massachusetts, the Department of Public Health confirmed on Friday. This comes less than one week from the state's first case since 2013.
View ArticleReport Aims To Reduce Uninsured In Mass. By Highlighting Hotspots
While 30 towns and cities in the state have no uninsured residents, 137 communities have uninsured rates that range from 3.4% to 25.8%, the report finds.
View ArticleCancer Patient Says Question Could Save Lives: 'Do You Have Eastern European...
Her advanced ovarian cancer could almost certainly have been prevented if she'd gotten a DNA test in time and had surgery, says the leader of a nonprofit focused on risks of BRCA mutations, especially...
View ArticleOpioid Overdose Deaths In Mass. Are Down 11% So Far This Year
Public health experts say increased distribution of naloxone, the drug that can reverse an overdose, is helping more drug users survive an overdose.
View ArticleBirth Control Pill Of The Future May Only Need To Be Taken Once A Month
Current oral contraceptives must be taken every day at the same time, but an experimental birth control pill under development by a Watertown-based biotech company would only need to be taken once a...
View Article'Magic Soup': How Intermittent Fasting May Enhance The Immune System
New studies on mice and humans offer a few explanations for how fasting might temporarily confer certain health benefits.
View Article3rd Human Case of EEE in Mass. Found In Franklin County
A Franklin County man has tested positive for EEE, which is the third case discovered this year. These are the first human cases confirmed in the state since 2013.
View ArticleFollowing Triple E Threats, Mass. To Continue Aerial Mosquito Spraying
The department says spraying will start Sunday in Ashland, Berlin, Framingham, Hopkinton, Marlborough, Milford, Millbury, Northbridge, Northborough, Shrewsbury, Sudbury, Sutton, Worcester, Upton,...
View ArticleMass. Woman Dies From Mosquito-Borne EEE
Public health officials said Sunday that a woman over 50, who was the fourth in the state to contract the disease, has died in the state's first fatal EEE incident this year.
View ArticleWhat We Know About EEE As Mass. Sees 1st Fatality This Year
In Massachusetts, on average, about 40% of people who contract the mosquito-borne disease die.
View ArticleIs Your Town At Critical Or High Risk For EEE? Here's How The State...
When looking at the state's maps for EEE risk, it appears that the human cases are the driving factor in not only the community in question, but in surrounding communities being elevated to critical or...
View ArticleVermont Hospital Cited By Feds After Nurse Says She Was Coerced Into...
This is the first enforcement action of its kind from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division.
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