Research
Study: Your Diet May Affect Your Brain
A recent study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) lends yet more weight to that old saying, you are what you eat. Researchers from BWH […]
MIT Created an Ingestible Robot That Crawls Around the Stomach
MIT, purveyor of all things insane, has one-upped even itself. Researchers at the school have developed an “ingestible origami robot” that could be used to […]
How Purdue Pharma Hooked the Nation on OxyContin
Chances are you’ve heard of Purdue Pharma. If not, you’ve certainly heard of its blockbuster brainchild, OxyContin, the powerful, addictive pain pill that’s widely considered […]
Survey: We Spend Less than One Percent of Our Lives Exercising
When it’s 6 a.m. and your alarm clock is blaring, your planned 45-minute workout likely feels like an insurmountably large part of your day. A […]
Fitbits Could Help Find New Breast Cancer Treatments
For most of us, a Fitbit’s most important function is that satisfying buzz that lets us know we’ve hit 10,000 steps. But Dana-Farber Cancer Institute […]
Should the Media Report on Health Research?
There is perhaps no better illustration of the malleability of health research than fat. In the 1990s, low-fat was the health regimen of choice. Fat was reviled, […]
A Northeastern Professor Is Using Nanotechnology to Fight Zika
On Monday, CDC Principal Deputy Director Ann Schuchat said the words many have dreaded since the Zika outbreak began. “Everything we look at with this […]
Study: Running May Make You Happy
Chances are, you’ve got that friend. The one who loves running so much, she gladly jumps out of bed at 5 a.m. to jog before work; the […]
Drug Prices in Boston Are Way Higher than the International Standard
As you’ve undoubtedly noticed, Boston is an expensive city. But rent prices aren’t the only costs reaching stratospheric levels: A new report says medications sold […]
Study: This Drug May Change Your Brain’s Response to Food
According to a new study from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) there may be a drug that can change the way your brain responds […]
Full-Fat Dairy May Be Better for You Than Low-Fat, Study Says
If you’ve ever felt personally victimized by low-fat cheese, science is now on your side. A new study from researchers at the Harvard School of Public […]
MIT 3D-Printed a Robot That Can Move Around
Lumbering around like an oversized insect, MIT’s latest robot doesn’t look all that impressive—until you learn that it’s 3D printed. Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science […]
A Boston Children’s Doc Developed a New ACL Surgery
A Boston Children’s Hospital surgeon may be at the forefront of a new, better era of knee surgery. Bridge-Enhanced ACL Repair (BEAR) surgery, a technique […]
Drinking Probably Doesn’t Help You Live Longer, Study Says
Health research is notoriously fickle, especially when it comes to nutrition recommendations. Demonstrating that fact is a new study out of the Boston University School […]
Study: Retail Clinics May Actually Increase Healthcare Costs
Retail clinics have popped up all over Massachusetts in the past decade, located in pharmacies and bigger stores such as Target and Wal-Mart. The original […]