Medical Wellness
The Cyborgs Era Has Started
Medical implants, complex interfaces between brain and machine or remotely controlled insects: Recent developments combining machines and organisms have great…
Color-Coded Cells Reveal Patchwork Pattern of X Chromosome Silencing in Female Brains
Scientists have long known that the silencing of one X chromosome in females — who have two X chromosomes in every cell — is a normal occurrence whose…
Study identifies risk factors for non-fatal overdoses
Alexander Walley, MD, MSc, an attending physician in general internal medicine at BMC and an assistant professor of medicine at BUSM, is the study's lead…
New device can reduce sleep apnea episodes by 70 percent, Pitt-UPMC study shows
The multicenter, prospective Stimulation Therapy for Apnea Reduction (STAR) trial was conducted at 22 medical centers in the United States and Europe, and is…
German Research Foundation approves research unit to study extreme experiences in human life
The German Research Foundation (DFG) is establishing a new research unit at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). The interdisciplinary group will examine…
'Traffic light' food labels, positioning of healthy items produce lasting choice changes
A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) team reports in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine that the previously reported changes in the proportions of…