Health
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Unhealthy Gains: Older, heavier, more at risk
By Amy Roeder Harvard Chan School Communications Cumulative weight gain over the course of early and middle adulthood may increase…
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Satisfaction with Medicaid expansion
BOSTON–Enrollees in Medicaid reported in a nationwide survey that they’re largely satisfied with the health care they receive under the…
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First West Nile Virus-Positive Mosquitoes of the Season Detected in Boston
BOSTON – The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) announced that a mosquito pool in Roslindale has tested positive for West…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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