A $1 Pill That Could Save Thousands Of Lives: Research Suggests Cheap Way To...
(United Nations Photo/Flickr) By Richard Knox Here’s a way to get a big bang for a buck: If a few hundred United Nations peacekeeping troops had taken a $1 antibiotic pill five years ago before they...
View ArticleMystery Solved: Why That ‘Opioid-Induced Constipation’ Super Bowl Ad?
[Watch on YouTube] I imagined 100 million people all scratching their heads at the same time and saying, “Huh?” The source of their bafflement: Why, among all the usual Super Bowl ads for cars and...
View ArticleFor Menopause-Related Sleep Problems, Study Suggests Trying Acupuncture
If you’ve reached menopause and just can’t sleep like you used to, you might want to learn about a special spot on your body. No, not that one. It’s the Sanyinjiao acupoint, or Spleen 6 — a small area...
View ArticleWhy To Exercise Today: The Size Of Your Brain As You Age
(Wikimedia Commons/NIH) Voice of panic: “Noooooo, don’t let my brain shrink!” Voice of reason: “No one is shrinking your brain.” Voice of panic: “But a study just out in the journal Neurology finds...
View ArticleDementia Cases May Be Declining, Researchers Report, And Improved Heart...
Decima Assise, who has Alzheimer’s disease, and Harry Lomping walk the halls, Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, at The Easton Home in Easton, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP) Don’t misread this new report: the number of...
View ArticleDental Schools To Introduce Training On Opioid Abuse
Gov. Baker and health administration officials joined heads of local dental medicine schools Thursday to announce an agreement on new educational standards that introduce training for opioid abuse...
View ArticlePrice Of User-Friendly Form Of Overdose Reversal Drug Spikes
Evzio’s “Trainer.” (Jesse Costa/WBUR) In the midst of the opioid epidemic, there’s a spike in the price of injectable naloxone, the drug used to reverse an overdose. Evzio, made by Richmond-based...
View ArticleNew Wellesley President, Dr. Paula Johnson: Advocate For Women’s Health,...
Dr. Paula Johnson is a woman of breadth: she can give a speech calling for a new movement in health care comparable to the civil rights movement — with greater access to quality health care for all —...
View ArticleCalling 911 From Your Cellphone? Don’t Assume They’ll Know Exactly Where You Are
Training specialist Kevin Lewis of the Massachusetts 911 department at a call center training screen. (Carey Goldberg/WBUR) One afternoon this fall, as Dr. Ian Sklaver was coaching his 13-year-old...
View ArticleIrving’s: How Death Changes The Meaning Of A Miniature Magical Candy Store
Irving’s Toy and Card Shop in Brookline, Mass. closed in December after its owner, 101-year-old Ethel Weiss, died. For weeks, the window was plastered with post-it tributes. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) For...
View ArticleParents’ Depression May Impact Children’s Classroom Performance, Study Finds
A study found that depression in parents may negatively affect their children’s school performance. (Hadley Green for WBUR) Joshua EibelmanCommonHealth Intern Are your mood swings and depression...
View ArticleHealth Leaders Want Warnings Highlighting Deadly Risks Of Opioid, Benzo Combos
Many patients who take an opioid to relieve pain also have anxiety, headaches or trouble sleeping and take a benzodiazepine like Valium or Xanax or Klonopin. But together, these two classes of drugs...
View ArticleDana-Farber Cancer Institute Taps Leading Cancer Researcher As First Woman...
Dr. Laurie Glimcher, who has long-standing ties to Harvard Medical School, will become the next president and CEO of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, it announced on Tuesday morning. Glimcher is...
View ArticleGov. Baker Appears To Be Growing Frustrated With Lack Of Movement On Opioid Bill
Gov. Charlie Baker listens as President Obama speaks during a meeting with fellow governors at the White House on Monday. The governors spoke about the opioid addiction crisis. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP) As...
View ArticleUnequal Cancer: Leukemia Study Finds Children In Poverty Face Earlier Relapse
How might poverty impact childhood cancer? That’s the question pediatric oncologist Dr. Kira Bona, a researcher at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, set out to answer....
View Article'I Don't Feel Trapped On Earth': Ketamine Lifts Many From Depths Of Major...
Sarah Kramer, 37, has been profoundly depressed most of her life. But “right now, thanks to ketamine,” she says, “I don’t feel despair. I don’t feel hopeless. I don’t feel trapped on earth.” (Jesse...
View ArticleTeen At Center Of Custody Battle Over Diagnosis Sues Boston Children’s Hospital
Justina Pelletier, seated, speaks to media alongside the Rev. Patrick Mahoney, left, and her mother Linda Pelletier on Thursday outside the State House in Boston. (Bob Salsberg/AP) The family of a...
View ArticleThe Office Corner Workout: A Dozen Quickie Exercises You Can Do In Your Cubicle
No, you didn’t read the headline wrong. This is not the “corner office workout,” for the elite who occupy spacious private offices. This is the “office corner workout” for cubicle-dwelling plebes who...
View Article‘Female Viagra’: Is This The Moral Of The Story Of The Little Pink Pill?
(Allen G. Breed/AP) Remember “the little pink pill”? The great brouhaha last year about the FDA’s approval of “the female Viagra?” Let us recap: The drug — flibanserin, brand name “addyi” — is aimed at...
View ArticleThe Opioid Treatment Business Is Booming
Recovery Centers of America is spending some $20 million to renovate the former Hunt Hospital in Danvers into what will eventually be a 210-bed substance use treatment center. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) Ray...
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