5 Takeaways From The First Ever 'Cancer In Boston' Report
While cancer is on the decline in Boston overall, some forms are rising, and large disparities still loom, according to the inaugural Special Report on cancer by the Boston Public Health Commission.
View ArticleResearch Casts Light On ASMR, The Strange 'Brain Tingle' Millions Use To Relax
A first-of-its-kind study explores the physical effects of ASMR, a tingly, trance-like feeling said to promote intense relaxation for those who experience it.
View ArticleIn Public Health, It's Hard To Prove Benefits Of Alcohol — But Easy To Show...
With alcohol use climbing in America, a public health expert is concerned about our country's blasé attitude toward a drug responsible for more deaths than opioids.
View ArticleA Happy Ending For A Homeless Refugee Mother Of 8 Facing Cancer
Women who are homeless are much likelier to die of cervical cancer, but a "no barriers" approach to medical care helped one patient get successful treatment, writes a doctor for Boston Health Care for...
View ArticleTo Curb Opioid Deaths And Addiction, Mass. House Poised To Pass Bill Offering...
The bill would allow the public greater access to overdose-reversing meds and state prisons would need to work on a pilot for medication-assisted addiction treatment behind bars.
View ArticleEngineered Cancer Cells Can Fight Cancer, Brigham And Women's Researchers Find
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital say they've successfully used genetically engineered cancer cells to kill cancerous tumors in mice.
View ArticleHalf Of Americans Are Trying To Lose Weight, Including Many Who Are Not...
Nearly half of adults in America tried to lose weight within the span of a year, according to 2013-2016 data reported in a first-of-its-kind report.
View ArticleMass. Starting Campaign Against E-Cigarettes And Vape Pens
Massachusetts parents will soon be warned about e-cigarettes and vape pens.
View ArticleMemory Contest Comes To MIT, Where Brain Scientists Explain Why Training Works
The USA Memory Championship features flashy feats of memory but it aims to show that everyone can remember things better -- if they know how to train.
View ArticleMeet The Trans Chaplain Helping LGBTQ Elders Feel Welcome In Senior Care
A chaplain at Hebrew SeniorLife strives to help LGBTQ seniors be themselves in an environment where many fear coming out.
View ArticleOver Half Of Patients And Families Hesitate To Raise ICU Safety Concerns,...
About a third of those patients and families cited, "I don't want to be labeled as a troublemaker" as a reason. Another third said, "The team is too busy." And yet another third chose, "I don't know...
View ArticleSafe Injection Site Pilot Is Included In State Senate Opioid Bill
The legislation would also give those addicted to opioids new access to medically assisted treatment in prisons.
View ArticleLegislation Could Expand Medical Addiction Treatment For Mass. Inmates
Middlesex Sheriff Peter Koutoujian, who has been running a pilot program offering medically-assisted addiction treatments to inmates in his district, joined Morning Edition to talk about legislation...
View Article'Slips, Lapses, Fumbles': Medical Mistakes Kill, And A Solution Is Seen In...
Medical negligence kills more than 250,000 people every year. "Most errors are made by good doctors," says Aubrey Milunsky.
View ArticleBeth Israel-Lahey Merger Would Increase Health Costs By Tens Of Millions A...
Preliminary findings from a state commission confirm some concerns raised by the proposed merger's detractors.
View ArticleU.S. Health Care Companies Exploring Blockchain Technologies
A law professor describes the merits of blockchain--a technology popularized by bitcoin-- for use in healthcare.
View ArticleMass. Health Care Groups Come Out Against Plan To Help Small Hospitals
Some Massachusetts health care industry groups are coming out strongly against bills approved by the House and Senate designed to support small community hospitals.
View ArticleMore Gyms Are Junking Weight Machines. But Should They?
Eschewing machines is like "telling a carpenter, 'Just use a saw and a hammer. You don't need the saber saw,' " says a fitness expert who advises combining machines with "functional" fitness.
View ArticleProtesters Stage 'Die-In' At Harvard Museum To Criticize Namesake's Link To...
Demonstrators silently marched from Harvard Square to the Arthur M. Sackler Museum in protest of Harvard University's ties to a family they say profited off the opioid crisis.
View ArticleMassachusetts Senate OKs Bill To Help Those With Alzheimer's
The bill was approved unanimously by the Senate on Thursday. It now heads back to the House.
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