‘Air Conditioner Breath’: Cooling Yoga For The Next Heat Wave
I’m armed and ready for the next heat wave. The CDC just sent over this link to its “extreme heat” page, with all kinds of basic public health precautions for when the mercury rises. And now I’ve got...
View ArticleDid You Notice? It’s Hot. Here’s What You Need To Know
By Karen Weintraub Guest Contributor In case you hadn’t noticed: It’s hot out there. Until midday tomorrow, when a storm is expected to blow through bringing cooler air, it’s a good idea to stay...
View ArticleIn Settlement With Mass., CVS Agrees To Strengthen Policies Around Dispensing...
CVS will require its pharmacy staff in Massachusetts to check the state’s Prescription Monitoring Program before filling prescriptions for "commonly misused opioids."
View ArticleEpiPen Prices: Once I Felt Grateful To Mylan, Now I Feel Co-Opted
Can you make a profit without taking advantage of a community?
View ArticleNarrating Medicine: When The Insurance Company Brings A Therapist To Tears
The high-handed way that the insurers treat me -- and other providers, and patients, too -- drives me mad, writes psychologist Ellen Holtzman.
View ArticleBoston-Based Medical Chief Of Rio Paralympics: Everyone Has Athlete Potential
The chair of the medical committee for the Paralympics talks about role models and "no excuses."
View ArticleMassachusetts -- Just Barely -- Misses Health Spending Target Again
This is the second year in a row that Massachusetts missed the self-imposed goal that took effect in 2013.
View ArticleWork In Science And Want To Write? You're Invited To WBUR's 'Narrating Science'
Coming Sept. 15: Launch of WBUR's "Narrating Science" section, for people who work in science and want to write about it for a general audience.
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."
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