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Ever Wondered What The Doctor's Really Writing About You?
Ever Wondered What The Doctor’s Really Writing About You? If you’ve visited the right doctor at one of the three hospitals — like Beth Israel […]
Novartis Recalls Contents of More or Less Half of Your Medicine Cabinet
Novartis Recalls Contents of More or Less Half of Your Medicine Cabinet. The pharma company would really like everybody to send back any Excedrin, Bufferin, […]
Research: Air Pollution Tied to Diabetes in Black Women
Research: Air Pollution Tied to Diabetes in Black Women. On the one hand, living in the city gives you a fun, active environment with convenience […]
The Phenomenal Success of the Mass. Tobacco Cessation Program
The Phenomenal Success of the Mass. Medicaid Anti-Smoking Program. When Massachusetts set up its 2006 Medicaid-based benefit to help members quit smoking, it shelled out […]
Happy Birthday to the NEJM, Applying Actual Science to Medicine for 200 Years
Happy Birthday to the NEJM, Applying Actual Science to Medicine for 200 Years. The world’s oldest continuously publishing medical journal has been raising the medical […]
Wait, So Money Doesn't Buy You Happiness?
Wait, So Money Doesn’t Buy You Happiness? According to a recently study published in arXiv and reported on in Technology Review, health is the bigger […]
One in 13 Teenage Girls Report Having Group-Sex
One in 13 Teenage Girls Report Having Group-Sex. And more often than not, the sex isn’t consensual, according to a study published in the Journal […]
Transportation Safety Board Wants Our Hands Off The Phone and On The Steering Wheel
Transportation Safety Board Wants Our Hands Off The Phone and On The Steering Wheel. If the National Transportation Safety Board had its way, not one […]
Rotating Night Shifts Help The Wallet, Not The Body
Rotating Night Shifts Help The Wallet, Not The Body. Nurses who bounce their schedules around different day and night shifts have a greater risk for […]
This Just In: Alcohol Associated With Unsafe Sex Intentions
This Just In: Alcohol Associated With Unsafe Sex Intentions. A crew of Canadian researchers has just confirmed what everyone already knew: Alcohol consumption directly correlates […]
Just Because It's Vitamin Fortified Doesn't Mean Kids Need It For Breakfast
Just Because It’s Vitamin Fortified Doesn’t Mean Kids Need It For Breakfast. Specifically, we’re talking cereal — the ‘as-good-for-you-as-a-Twinkie” cereals that look oh-so-healthy on the […]
9-Year-Old Iraqi Girl Saved From Sickle Cell Disease by Children's Hospital
9-Year-Old Iraqi Girl Saved From Sickle Cell Disease by Children’s Hospital. The Al-Zoubaidi family had already lost three children to the disease so when their […]
Brigham & Women's Going To Look Just As Impressive As Harvard Medical School
Brigham & Women’s Going To Look Just As Impressive As Harvard Medical School. The Longwood-area hospital has been approved for a new $450 million “Brigham […]
Brigham & Women's Going To Look Just As Impressive As Harvard Medical School
Brigham & Women’s Going To Look Just As Impressive As Harvard Medical School. The Longwood-area hospital has been approved for a new $450 million “Brigham […]
Massachusetts Drops from Second to Fifth Healthiest State
Massachusetts Drops from Second to Fifth Healthiest State. The nation’s annual report card from the United Health Foundation just came out, and for the fifth […]