Articles tagged Health & Medicine

Women and Alcohol

Studying the differences in addiction and recovery between men and women
6.16.11

The Business of Fighting Cancer

At Harvard Business School class day, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation founder Kathy Giusti speaks of challenging the academic-research model.
5.25.11

Probing Poverty and Health

In her California practice, a physician and Harvard-trained public-health scholar studies why poor people are sicker.
3.28.11

The Gene Hunter

Louis Kunkel’s 30-year quest to diagnose and cure muscular dystrophy
2.23.11

Gaming the Emotions

At Children’s Hospital Boston, a video game offers emotionally explosive youths methods of self-control.
12.16.10

Virus-Sized Transistors

Chemist Charles Lieber and his colleagues have developed a nanoscale transistor so small it can enter, probe, and communicate with cells without harming them.
12.16.10

Fitness: Body and Mind

Caloric restriction and exercise boost mental acuity and motor ability by rejuvenating synapses.
10.19.10

Mindful Munching

Applying ancient Buddhist mindfulness techniques to eating in the modern world
8.19.10

Making Memories

Neurobiologist Michael Greenberg investigates how memories form at a molecular level, and discovers a new class of RNA.
8.19.10
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