Health News
Surgeon General Praises Massachusetts’ Fight Against Opioid Abuse
During a tour of the Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) Friday, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy spoke highly of Massachusetts’ efforts to combat […]
Three Reasons You Probably Don’t Need to Give Up Coffee
If you’re the kind of person who orders iced coffee even during frigid Boston winters, you probably breathed a sigh of relief yesterday. That’s because […]
Spoiler Alert Is Taking a Bite Out of Food Waste
In the United States, 40 percent of the food we produce goes to the dump. That egregious level of waste inspired two MIT Sloan School […]
Massachusetts May Get $20 Million to Fight the Opioid Crisis
Massachusetts could receive up to $20 million to fight opioid abuse, under the White House’s proposed $1.1 billion effort to ease the crisis nationwide. On […]
Local Whole Foods Prep Kitchen Draws FDA Criticism
A Whole Foods prep kitchen in Everett has drawn criticism from the FDA, which sent the facility a letter detailing a slew of serious food […]
Mosquitoes That Can Carry Zika Found in 40 U.S. States
Mosquitoes that can carry Zika live in nearly every state in the country, according to a new report from the CDC. Massachusetts is home to […]
Join 13-Year-Old Bryan Thomas As He Takes His First Public Steps
Last June, Bryan Thomas was celebrating his eighth grade graduation when he leaned over and told a friend, “I have a headache.” Fast forward a […]
A Winchester Woman Is Doing Whatever It Takes to Find an Organ Donor
When Kara Yimoyines was diagnosed with lupus at age 16, she didn’t tell anybody. She opened up to close friends and family in the years […]
FDA Approves First Implantable Treatment for Opioid Dependence
A new FDA-approved device is adding another weapon to the arsenal of those fighting opioid abuse. The device, called Probuphine, is the first continuous, implantable […]
Report: NFL Withdrew from Brain Disease Study, ‘Inappropriately’ Lobbied NIH
In December, ESPN‘s Outside the Lines (OTL) published a story alleging that the NFL backed out of a seven-year, $16 million study focused on the brain disease CTE. The […]
The Rozalia Project Wants You to Stop Polluting the Ocean
Whether you know it or not, you’re polluting the ocean. Each time you wash clothes made with synthetic materials—think polyester, rayon, nylon, and the like—as […]
MIT and Harvard Students Developed a Lung Cancer Breathalyzer
Thanks to Astraeus Technologies, diagnosing lung cancer could someday be as easy as breathing. That’s not an exaggeration. Astraeus’ product, L CARD, works like a […]
Boston Ranked Seventh Healthiest Metro Area in the Country
All of those early morning gym visits, lunch break walks, and green smoothies have paid off, Boston. According to the 2016 American Fitness Index, we’re […]
Harvard Held a Closed Meeting on Genome Synthesis, and Experts Are Not Happy
Last week, Harvard Medical School reportedly held a closed meeting to discuss genome synthesis, and that’s not sitting well with some members of the scientific […]
OxyContin Is a Flawed Drug, So Why Is It Prescribed So Often?
Last week, the Los Angeles Times published a thorough investigation into Purdue Pharma, the company behind the highly popular opioid painkiller OxyContin. The article paints an equal […]