Health

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Wellness

The Case of the Fever That Wouldn’t Go Away

Werner was sure he was coming down with the flu. The 73-year-old retiree, who lived with his girlfriend in a five-unit Harvard Square building, first […]

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The Case of the Curious Clicking Noise

It all started with an itch. Five years ago, Maryjane was cruising along the road with her windows down after a day of swimming at […]

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The Case of the Patient Who Couldn’t Remember

When Neel Madan’s wife came home from the hospital after giving birth to a baby girl and developed a splitting headache, he took her to […]

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The Case of the Invisible, Painless Lump

Alex was living the dream. He’d just returned from a relaxing honeymoon in the Caribbean and was settling down on a small farm in southern […]

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The Case of the Unexplained Limp

Matt was on a health kick. The Duxbury resident was working out four to five times a week—mainly long-distance runs and workout videos at home—when […]

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The Case of the Restless Sleeper

Looking back, the signs had been there for years. The unexplained neck pains. The backaches. Waking up on the floor of his bedroom, wondering how […]

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The Case of the Heart That Wouldn’t Tick Right

In nursing school, you get used to playing the patient while other students take your blood pressure and check your heart rate. When Elisabeth’s classmate […]

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The Case of the Mysterious Buzzing Body

It usually happened in the dead of night: heart pounding, feelings of detachment, and a strange buzzing sensation, as if a tuning fork had been […]

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The Case of the Unstoppable Itch

Leslie was visiting her daughter and son-in-law in March 2017 when it started: an intense itching sensation all over her body that couldn’t be quelled. […]

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Top Doctors 2020

Edited by Brittany Jasnoff The best detectives don’t wear trench coats—they wear white coats. How Boston’s brightest doctors are solving the world’s most baffling medical […]

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Switch to an All-Natural Beauty Routine With These Five Clean Brands

For the face Thesis Beauty Based right here in Boston, this family-owned company is on a mission to bring “radical purity” to the beauty industry. […]

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Ask the Expert: Will an Ayurvedic Diet Cure My Winter Blues?

If you’re starting the new year with some winter doldrums and struggling to meet unrealistic fitness goals, maybe what you need isn’t a laundry list […]

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You Can Now Do Yoga on Ice at the Seaport Ice Skating Rink

The Seaport neighborhood has a way of dazzling visitors and residents in flashy new ways each season. In the summer it’s home to a beer […]

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The Best 2020 Planners to Organize Your Life and Crush Your Goals

By now the ball has dropped and the bubbly has settled, which can only mean one thing: It’s back to reality from the holidaze. Are […]

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How to Reframe Lofty Health and Fitness Resolutions for the New Year

We’ve all been there before: Writing down meaningless and often lofty health and fitness resolutions like “exercise more” or “lose weight,” hoping to become the […]