Mapping the road to obesity
Epigenomics discovery yields new information about fat cells
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Improving a cancer drug
Nanotechnology creates delivery system in animals that allows researchers to target tumors while sparing kidneys
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Internet offers risks as well as benefit to patients
Two Harvard physicians warn of downside of on-line information flow
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Coming soon: Harvard garden
Students will oversee University-planned effort to grow food locally
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Medical workers gain momentum
Harvard affiliates ramp up Haitian surgical, trauma centers
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Light worsens migraine headaches
Extreme light sensitivity in blind patients helps researchers track ailment
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Want to live well?
Harvard experts offer pragmatic pointers on getting healthy and staying there
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Turning genetic trash to treasure
Rinn’s sports-boarding past gives way to RNA discoveries
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Renowned HMS cardiologist Donald Baim dies at 60
Established interventional cardiology program at Beth Israel Deaconess
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BIDMC geneticist Rinn named to Popular Science’s ‘Brilliant 10’
Rinn recognized as one of 10 top scientists under 40
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Drug for MS reactivates virus causing deadly brain disease
Natalizumab treatment double-edged sword for MS patients, study finds
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Low-carb diets linked to atherosclerosis and impaired blood vessel growth
Study suggests that popular diet regimen may have adverse effect on body’s restorative capacity
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Fragile period of childhood brain development could underlie epilepsy
Study identifies pathway that helps control brain synapses
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When physicians share notes with their patients
Patients want more control over their own health care, researchers find
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Shining light on leptin’s role in brain
By influencing a tiny group of neurons, hormone restores blood-sugar control
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Glutamine supplements show promise in treating stomach ulcers
Amino acid helps offset stomach damage caused by H. pylori bacteria
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Common virus could cause high blood pressure
Cytomegalovirus affects upwards of 99 percent of adults worldwide
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Dinosaur protein preserved over time
Brachylophosaurus offers further evidence of bird-dinosaur evolution
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Eating fatty fish once a week reduces men’s risk of heart failure
Omega-3 fatty acids in fish oils are also beneficial
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Waist size predictor of heart failure in men and women
New research examines middle-aged and older populations
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Higher temperatures lead to more severe headaches
Research lends credence to ‘clinical folklore’
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Doctors override most electronic medication safety alerts
Safety systems need to be improved, researchers say
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Hundred million dollar gift to launch innovative search for AIDS vaccine
HMS professor Bruce Walker founding director of new infectious disease institute at MGH
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Scientists uncover new class of mammalian genes with key functions
Nature publication describes 1,600 highly conserved long RNAs with important regulatory roles in biological and disease processes
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A protein found to restore blood glucose in type 1 diabetes model
Discovery offers further evidence of inflammation’s role in the disease
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