Health Headlines
Local Running Shoe Companies Ran a Little Too Far on Fitness Promises, Say Lawsuits
Local Running Shoe Companies Ran Too Far on Fitness Promises, Say Lawsuits. First Reebok, now Vibram — sheesh, things are just not going so well […]
A Guy Walks Into a Bar … and the Airborne Bacterial Count Goes Up By 37 Million
A Guy Walks Into a Bar … and the Airborne Germ Count Goes Up By 37 Million. No, seriously. According to a study out from […]
Chocolate Makes You Thin! (Wait No, Never Mind)
Chocolate Makes You Thin! (Wait No, Never Mind). Did anyone else get hit with one of those headlines that were ricocheting around the blogosphere a […]
Germs: Why They Do a Body Good
Germs: Why They Do a Body Good. You know how when you have a kid, all you want to do is keep him safe, clean, […]
Welcome to the Post-Antibiotic Era. It's Going to be a Rough One
Welcome to the Post-Antibiotic Era. It’s Going to be a Rough One. Hospitals are danger zones, gyms are becoming ever more so, once easy-to-treat diseases […]
Why Vaccines of the Future Will Come in a Band-Aid
Why Vaccines of the Future Will Come in a Band-Aid. Okay, so it probably won’t be a Band-Aid exactly, but it’s very likely that the […]
The Pizza is Free, But You Still Need to Pay For the Vasectomy
The Pizza is Free, But You Still Need to Pay For the Vasectomy. Quick, when you think “March Madness,” what springs to mind? It’s probably […]
Feel-Good Story: BMC Surgical Robot Saves Life, Voice of New York Student
Feel-Good Story: Boston Medical Center Surgical Robot Saves Life, Voice of New York Student. There is only one place in the northeast where a person […]
Play This Video Game and Call Me In the Morning
Play This Video Game and Call Me In the Morning. Local startup Akili Interactive Labs is on the hunt to create the first FDA-approved, doctor-prescribed […]
Why Isn't Anyone Giving Boys the HPV Vaccine?
Why Isn’t Anyone Giving Boys the HPV Vaccine? By and large, girls receive a greater number of HPV vaccinations than boys, but the cancers and […]
Why it's so Easy to Find Good Food on Yelp, But Not Good Doctors
Why is it so Easy to Find Good Food on Yelp, But Rarely Good Doctors? Because no one wants to be on the receiving end […]
What Makes Barnstable, Mass., a Thinner City Than Rockford, Ill.?
What Makes Barnstable, Mass., a Thinner City Than Rockford, Ill.? Apparently commuting habits, education, and income. They’re the usual suspects, sure, and at least two […]
Tufts Joins the Physician Assistant Program Bandwagon
Tufts Joins the Physician Assistant Program Bandwagon. Tufts University School of Medicine has just launched the fourth physician assistant teaching program in the state, and […]
Medicare Goes Radical With Medical Bills Patients Can Actually Understand
Medicare Goes Radical With Medical Bills Patients Can Actually Understand. In an effort to combat fraud, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has just […]
Give a Doctor Easy Access to Patient Records, and He'll Spend More on Tests
Give a Doctor Easy Access to Patient Records, and He’ll Spend More on Tests. When it comes to trimming healthcare costs, electronic medical records are […]