Research
Study Suggests Link Between Childhood Concussions and Brain Damage Later in Life
Adding to a growing body of concussion research, a new study from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) says […]
MIT Researchers Are Developing a Device That Measures Cancer Treatment
A couple months may not seem like a particularly long time, but for cancer patients unsure if their chemotherapy is working, it can feel like […]
Harvard Study Finds Link Between Hormones and Unethical Behavior
Hormones already get blamed for everything from mood swings to acne—now, a new Harvard Business School (HBS) study is saying they could be partly responsible […]
Eating Spicy Food May Decrease Mortality Risk, Study Says
A new study from the Harvard School of Public Health may have just validated your hot sauce addiction. Researchers found that people who ate spicy […]
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Is Building Synthetic Muscles
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) have successfully grown millimeter-long synthetic muscle fibers in their lab, which could make it far easier to eventually […]
Study Finds Schools Statewide Are Selling Healthier Snack Options
In 2012, Massachusetts passed a new set of school nutrition standards mandating which foods should be sold in public middle and high schools statewide. With […]
Mass General and MIT Are Working to Make Ingesting Medical Devices Safer
Massachusetts General Hospital and MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research are working on a polymer gel that could allow swallowed medical devices or capsules to […]
Boston Children’s Used Zebrafish to Test a New Bone Marrow Transplant Technique
You might expect to see zebrafish at the aquarium. But at Boston Children’s Hospital? Not so much. However, thanks to a new study, that’s exactly […]
Mercury Levels in Fish Caught in Mass. Waters Remain Dangerously High
The sweltering weather we’ve had this week is best enjoyed by floating in a dinghy, koozy-lined beer in hand, with a fishing line cast into the […]
Tufts Study Finds Prenatal Testing Can Detect Cancer in Mothers
A new study from Tufts Medical Center found that prenatal genetic testing, traditionally used to detect chromosomal abnormalities like Down syndrome in babies, can also […]
Study Says Raising Tobacco Buying Age to 21 May Reduce Teen Smoking
A new study out of Waltham has a rather straightforward solution for curtailing teen smoking: Don’t let teens buy cigarettes. The research, done by Waltham’s […]
Late Raiders QB Ken Stabler Donated His Brain, Spinal Cord to Boston University
Legendary Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken “The Snake” Stabler, who led the Silver and Black to victory in Super Bowl XI, died of Stage 4 colon […]
Researchers Are Working on a Way to Reverse Deafness
Researchers from Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School (HMS) used gene therapy to reverse genetically inherited deafness in mice, and believe the same technique […]
Tufts Study Finds 184,000 Deaths Caused By Sugary Drinks Annually
The fight against sugar-sweetened beverages has been waging for years, but a new study from Tufts University just added some major evidence to illustrate sugary […]