How light hits migraine sufferers?
By Emily Barrett
Harvard Gazette and Harvard Medical School
BOSTON--People experiencing migraines often avoid light and find relief in darkness. A new study led by researchers...
Childhood depression ups risk of adult addictions
London--Suffering from depression or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in childhood may increase the risk of developing addictions later in life, according to a new study.
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Rising threat: Death by fentanyl
By Colleen Walsh
Harvard Staff Writer/Harvard Gazette
As the opioid crisis rages across the United States, people suffering from addiction as well as the first responders,...
Novel drug may provide hope for blood cancer patients
New York--A team led by an Indian-origin researcher, has discovered a new drug that could alone or combined with chemotherapy provide better treatment for...
Women and Heart Disease: The Real Story
MISSION VIEJO--Until the mid-1980s, heart attacks mostly happened to men. Today, while more women than men die from heart disease, many are still unaware...
MIT Student Shriya Srinivasan: New technique to make prosthetic limbs feel more natural
CAMBRIDGE, MA-- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers, including one of Indian origin, have devised a new surgical technique that could allow prosthetic limbs...
Nudging families away from fruit juice: Diabetes specialists push for change
By Alvin Powell
Harvard Staff Writer
The twin epidemics of diabetes and obesity sweeping the country have forced a re-evaluation of the American diet, including...
One serving of rice bran can provide essential nutrition
New York-- Consuming a single serving of rice bran -- the outer covering of the rice grain -- may provide more than half of...
Indian-American Helps Develop HIV test to detect hidden virus faster
New York--American researchers, including one of Indian origin, have developed a test that is sensitive enough to detect "hidden" HIV and yet is faster,...
Can a Doctor Indicted in US for Sexual Offense Practice Medicine in India?
New Delhi-- The Delhi High Court on Friday sought the record of an Indian doctor indicted by a US court in 2011 for conducting...