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Could Stressed-Out Rats Hold Clues To How Acupuncture Works?
Could rats subjected to chronic stress — their paws dunked in icy water — hold the key to how acupuncture works? And could all those needles, traditionally thought to unblock the flow of life energy,...
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Study Finds ‘Significant’ Weight Loss Among Seriously Mentally Ill
It’s widely known that people with serious mental illness have a lower life expectancy — around 25 years less — compared to the general population. One reason is that these folks are more likely to...
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MGH Braces For Millions In Research Cuts
WBUR’s Curt Nickisch reports that Massachusetts General Hospital is budgeting for a $19 million cut next year due to decreases in federal research funding: MGH President Peter Slavin says the...
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Study Suggests Cell Damage As Potential Danger Of Antibiotic Use
Cipro (Wikimedia Commons) By Karen Weintraub Guest Contributor Might antibiotics be causing harm at a cellular level? That’s one possible conclusion from a new study by researchers at Boston...
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Autistic Kids Can Outgrow Critical Sensory Disconnect, Study Finds
[Watch on YouTube] By Karen Weintraub Guest Contributor For many people, the “read-my-lips” phenomenon happens almost unconsciously: in a crowded or noisy room, most of us can hear better by watching...
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One Shot, Two Shot: Study Finds One Dose of HPV Vaccine Could Be Enough
A teenager bares her band-aid after getting the HPV vaccine. You’ve heard about the importance of getting an HPV vaccine and the surprisingly low percentage of young women who do so in the U.S. For...
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Tackling Autism In Babies? Small Study An ‘Absolute Miracle,’ Says Mom
Megan says the experimental trial she participated in with her daughter Isabel was “an absolute miracle,” transforming the child from a troubled baby who looked headed for autism to a typical, happy...
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When Muscular Dystrophy Is Personal — And Global
Chris Chege (courtesy Romana Vysatova) By Fred Thys Guest Contributor Every once in a while, I’m grateful I live in such a medically-minded town, with many deep thinkers trying to figure out treatments...
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Rethinking Cancer Research Through ‘Exceptional Responder’ Patients
Grace Silva and her oncologist, Jochen Lorch (Photo: Sam Ogden, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.) By Richard Knox By all odds, Grace Silva should have died more than three years ago. Instead, this...
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Study: Vitamin D Boosts Survival For Some Colon Cancer Patients
Suzanne Schroeter/flickr When it comes to vitamins, much of the recent news has been grim. “Enough is enough: Stop wasting money on vitamin and mineral supplements” was the headline of a medical...
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