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Happy Sleep Awareness Week!

Happy Sleep Awareness Week! That’s right, this it that time of year in which sleep becomes not just the dominant desire of our exhausted subconscious, […]

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Those Biceps Do More Than Just Look Pretty

Those Biceps Do More Than Just Look Pretty. Basic muscle mass is a critical component to well-being, and keeps people healthy enough to perform basic […]

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In the Wake of Controversy, Harvard Primate Research Center Head Steps Down

In the Wake of Controversy, Harvard Primate Research Center Head Steps Down. Dr. Fred Wang had been serving as interim chief for the past six […]

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HIV Testing May Get Easier in Massachusetts

HIV Testing May Get Easier in Massachusetts. The State Senate has just passed a bill that would drop the written consent requirement for HIV testing […]

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Battling Your Reflection: When Nit-Picking Becomes a Disorder

Battling Your Reflection: When Nit-Picking Becomes a Disorder. According to TheBostonChannel.com, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a growing concern in America, usually starting in those […]

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Via Stem Cells, Women Could Produce Unlimited Eggs, Claims Mass. General Researcher

Via Stem Cells, Women Could Produce Unlimited Eggs, Claims Mass. General Researcher. Jonathan Tilly of Massachusetts General Hospital recently announced findings in which he shows […]

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From Popcorn to… Underage Binge Drinking

From Popcorn to… Underage Binge Drinking. According to a new study conducted at Dartmouth, Hollywood has contributed more than its fair share in the binge […]

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Should Mass. Residents Take Their Teeth to a Therapist?

Should Mass. Residents Take Their Teeth to a Therapist? In the midst of a dentist shortage, the state of Minnesota has approved dental therapy as […]

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More Doctors Taking a Stand Against Anti-Vaccine Patients

More Doctors Taking a Stand Against Anti-Vaccine Patients. Worried about the unnecessary spread of disease and unwilling to deal with uncooperative parents, pediatricians are beginning […]

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Welcome to the Age of the Wirelessly-Controlled Injection Replacement

Welcome to the Age of the Wirelessly-Controlled Injection Replacement. Local drug delivery hero Bob Langer is back in the headlines this week after one of […]

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Cambridge Biotech Company Wins Key Cancer Drug Patent, Joins The Big Leagues.

Cambridge Biotech Company Wins Key Cancer Drug Patent, Joins The Big Leagues. Ariad Pharmaceuticals, which up to now, has been only one of so many […]

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Overeaters Can Now Add Memory Loss to Plate of Health Risks

Overeaters Can Now Add Memory Loss to Plate of Health Risks. A new study conducted at the Mayo Clinic and based on results from more […]

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Four Million Americans Have Bionic Knees

Four Million Americans Have Bionic Knees. That’s at least one in 20 people over 50 who has an artificial knee, thanks in part to both […]

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How Your Doctor is Sending Mixed Signals

How Your Doctor is Sending Mixed Signals. Remember that old idea about how you can see how a couple is doing by checking out their […]

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Why Drink That Coffee When You Could Just Suck Caffeine Out of a Tube?

Why Drink That Coffee When You Could Just Suck Caffeine Out of a Tube? Thanks to Harvard professor David Edwards, chapstick-sized tubes of inhalable caffeine […]