Higher Levels Of ‘Good’ Cholesterol Not Necessarily So Great For The Heart
It seemed to make perfect sense. If HDL cholesterol is good, then higher levels of HDL are better, right? Alas, no, according to a potentially game-changing study published in the medical journal The...
View ArticleWSJ: Everything You Need To Know About New Cholesterol Guidelines
It’s so very disconcerting when deeply entrenched health wisdom is suddenly flipped on its head. But that’s the way it often goes in this arena. So, with such widespread confusion over the new...
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Project Louise: What To Do About Cholesterol?
(Wikimedia Commons) One of my original goals for this project was: “Lower my cholesterol and triglycerides.” I’ve been doing some serious thinking about that lately, along with a bit of research, and...
View ArticleMedical Ethics: Incontinence A Fate Worse Than Death? Really?
Many survey respondents consider incontinence a fate worse than death -- but there's a big difference between an imagined disability and a real one.
View ArticleHacking A Solution To Boston's Opioid Crisis
Over the weekend nearly 200 counselors, coders, architects, doctors and current and former addiction patients gathered to come up with and pitch new ideas for tackling the opioid addiction crisis.
View ArticleCity Hotline Now Connects Bostonians With Addiction Recovery Services
People searching for help with addiction can now be connected to services in Boston by dialing the mayor's 311 hotline.
View ArticleState Health Agency Offers Overhaul Of Medical Marijuana Regulations
The changes, according to state health officials, build off of lessons learned during the first three years of experience with medical marijuana in Massachusetts.
View ArticleIllegally Obtained Drugs Are To Blame For A Majority Of Mass. Overdose Deaths...
Prescription drugs may fuel the epidemic, but heroin and fentanyl are more closely linked to overdose-related deaths.
View Article'The Mind-Gut Connection': Could Your Gut Microbes Be Affecting How You Feel?
An expert on the brain-gut axis says your trillions of gut microbes are in constant cross-talk with your brain, and there’s mounting evidence that they may affect how you feel — not just physically...
View ArticleYou're Invited, 9/28: Experts On Gaps Between Brain Science, Psychiatric...
Please join us on the morning of 9/28 for a lively HUBweek discussion of the state of brain science and the gap between the science and current treatment and policy.
View ArticleOpinion: Dear Hillary And Donald, You'd Be A Better President If You Got More...
Clearly, the two are no couch potatoes; they are frantically busy campaigning. But still, it's a fail. And not a trivial one, considering that Americans spend well over a trillion dollars a year on...
View ArticleGood Gut Microbes: Studies Explore How 'E. Faecium' Fights Off Infection
Meet one of your gut's good microbes -- E. Faecium. Researchers report on how it fights a bad infection in worms and mice, and it may hold promise for probiotics for humans.
View ArticleMore Women Choose Custom-Made Hormone Therapy; Influential Docs Worry About...
A study found that 1 million to 2.5 million women are using custom-compounded hormones, yet many are unaware that these medications have not been evaluated or approved by the FDA.
View ArticleCould Your DNA Serve As Clock To Gauge How You Age And When You'll Die?
If you've ever been to a high-school reunion, you know that biological age can differ dramatically from chronological age. (Especially the older you get.)
View ArticleStudy: Breastfeeding Even More Of A Health Issue For Moms Than For Babies
Supporting breastfeeding "is something we should be doing to support women for their own health," says the author of a new study. "This is not about who is a better mother."
View ArticleMass. Department Of Public Health Recommends Boston Children's Expansion Move...
The $1 billion project has been the subject of much public debate, largely because the building is set to be constructed on the site of the beloved Prouty Garden.
View ArticleImpending Ban On Herbal Painkiller Kratom Could Hamper Research
An impending plan to ban the herbal painkiller kratom is drawing major pushback.
View ArticleFor Doctors Trained Abroad, Challenges To Practicing Medicine Often...
There are roughly 3,000 foreign-trained doctors in Massachusetts, not licensed to practice in the U.S., according to a 2014 report.
View ArticleVisionaries: Harvard's George Church, A Gene-Era Imagineer Who 'Tells The...
The geneticist is known as one of the most brilliant scientists in the world, and he's eager -- unlike many scientists -- to talk with the public about the powers we're gaining to engineer life itself.
View ArticleRed And Blue Doctors: Politics Can Seep Into Primary Care, Study Finds
On certain politicized health issues -- abortion, marijuana, gun safety -- whether your doctor is a Republican or a Democrat may affect how they treat you. So should you be able to look that up?
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