Research
Your Lifestyle May Offset Your Genes, Study Says
In medicine, the relationship between genes and lifestyle is always in question. How much of our health is decided at birth, and how much is […]
Broad Institute, IBM Partner to Study Cancer Drug Resistance
Even if a cancer is initially contained by treatment, it often returns if and when it mutates enough to eventually evade drugs. Drug resistance contributes […]
Study: Soda per Day May Up Prediabetes Risk—Unless It’s Diet
A new study from Tufts emphasizes just how important it is to cut soda from your diet. If you regularly drink sugary beverages, it says, […]
Accepting Facebook Friend Requests Is Good for You, Study Says
You know all those Facebook friend requests you’ve left languishing in limbo? It’s time to accept, says a new study. The study, led by a […]
Smoking May Kill HIV Patients Sooner Than the Disease Itself, Study Says
HIV patients who smoke may have more to worry about than their diagnoses. According to a new study from Massachusetts General Hospital, smoking may kill […]
Two New Studies Highlight Potential Alzheimer’s Risk Factors
Two new local studies shed light on the inner workings of Alzheimer’s disease. The first, from Massachusetts General Hospital, used a proprietary brain imaging technique […]
MIT Researchers May Be Able to Change the Emotion of a Memory
MIT researchers are closer to understanding how social memories are stored, and determining how to re-code those memories. Eventually, those findings may be applicable to autism […]
Medical Marijuana May Improve Cognitive Function, Study Says
A new study says medical marijuana, unlike recreational marijuana, may actually improve cognitive functioning in adults, rather than impair it. The study, led by McLean […]
Women May Need Cervical Cancer Screenings Less Frequently, Study Says
Harvard is about to make women who hate Pap smears—which is to say, virtually all women—pretty happy. According to a study from the Harvard T.H. […]
Rudy Tanzi to Study Why Women Get Alzheimer’s More Than Men
Rudy Tanzi, one of the medical field’s leading authorities on Alzheimer’s, has been tapped to answer a big question: Why do women get the disease […]
Eating Too Much Salt May Shorten Your Life, Study Says
The results of a new study may leave you feeling a little salty. It says that even a relatively modest increase in sodium consumption may […]
Brigham and Women’s Doctor to Lead $75 Million Research Project
A Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) doctor will lead a $75 million research effort dedicated to fighting coronary heart disease (CHD). Calum MacRae, chief of […]
MIT Breakthrough May Stop Breast Cancer from Spreading
Thanks to a promising gene therapy breakthrough, MIT may be closer to reducing breast cancer fatalities. Metastasis, the process by which cancer cells spread throughout […]
Doing These Four Things May Reduce Your Risk of Breast Cancer
Here’s the hard truth: Breast cancer, like all cancers, is an incredibly complicated and unpredictable disease, and there’s a lot we don’t know about it. […]
Report: Black Women More Likely to Die of Breast Cancer Than White Women
A new report says black women in America are 43 percent more likely to die of breast cancer than white women, strengthening a long-known connection […]