Personalized blood biopsies may provide signal of cancer recurrence
Researchers have designed personalized blood biopsies that offer the potential of an early warning signal of breast cancer recurrence.
March 13, 2020 • ~8 min
Review finds AA performs well, reduces health care costs
Researchers have found that Alcoholics Anonymous and related 12-step treatments lessen addiction severity as effectively as other treatments, while reducing health care costs.
March 11, 2020 • ~4 min
Doctors try to safeguard nursing home patients from COVID-19
Harvard-affiliated doctors try to safeguard nursing-home patients from COVID-19 by reducing number of visitors, adding health screenings.
March 10, 2020 • ~9 min
MGH Wellman Center physicians bring treatment to Armenia
Lilit Garibyan has brought her medical skills back to her native Armenia, decades after her family fled during war with neighboring Azerbaijan.
March 6, 2020 • ~12 min
NIH-funded i3 Center formed to advance cancer immunotherapy
Harvard’s Wyss Institute will collaborate with other institutions to form the i3 Center where cancer immunologists and biological engineers will develop new biomaterials-based approaches to enable anti-cancer immune-therapies for therapy-resistant cancers.
March 6, 2020 • ~9 min
Preventing the spread of coronavirus starts with basic hygiene
Health experts highlight basic hygiene measures to prevent infection spread of the new coronavirus that has affected more than 90,000 around the world.
March 5, 2020 • ~6 min
Moderate egg consumption gets the green light … again
A new study that includes up to 1.7 million participants, found eating up to one egg per day is not associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease.
March 4, 2020 • ~4 min
Online demos can be as effective as classroom teaching
In a new paper, Harvard researchers show for the first time that research-based online STEM demonstrations not only can teach students more, but can be just as effective as classroom teaching.
Feb. 28, 2020 • ~6 min
Long-term endurance exercise is associated with enlarged aorta
A new study has found that like their younger counterparts, a high percentage of endurance athletes aged 50 to 75 years have an enlarged aorta. Now researchers must determine if this is a good thing or a bad thing.
Feb. 26, 2020 • ~5 min
Collaboration ‘call to duty’ to battle a deadly global threat
Boston-area researchers are collaborating as part of an international partnership working on a response to the new coronavirus.
Feb. 25, 2020 • ~9 min
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