Category: 4. Health

By using simulations modeled after physiological systems, the researchers explored how networked structures of decision-makers can be designed…

The research was published in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment.

Public transit can be more affordable, healthy, and safe than commuting by car. Research supports that public transportation is also better for the environment by limiting emissions and air pollution. According to the American Public…

MIT researchers have now revealed the dynamics of those interactions in more detail than previously possible, shedding light on when and how new bacterial strains…

Mice given an oral probiotic containing the engineered microbe and fed a diet high in bluefin tuna had much lower methylmercury levels than expected, suggesting that a probiotic might eventually…

Relapsed/refractory (R/R) mature T and natural killer (NK)-cell lymphomas (TNKL) are aggressive blood cancers often resistant to frontline therapies. A team of Mass General Brigham researchers found that patients with these lymphomas had improved survival rates when treated with small molecule inhibitors as second-line therapy, followed by epigenetic modifiers as…

A decade ago, I treated a 16-year-old boy who reported suicidal thoughts. His parents, hunched over his stretcher, could not identify a glaring, inciting event. They assured me their house was overflowing with peace. When I spoke with the boy alone, he confided: “I’m suicidal because my friends never like my Facebook posts.” It was the first time I, an emergency physician, witnessed the emotional toll of cell phone use and…

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has attracted a lot of attention for his raspy voice, which results from a neurological voice disorder called spasmodic dysphonia.

Kennedy, 71, says that in his 40s he developed a neurological disease that “robbed him of his strong speaking voice.” Kennedy first publicly spoke of the quiver he had noticed in his voice in a 2004 interview with journalist Diane Rehm, who also had spasmodic dysphonia.

In 2005, Kennedy was…

Heated tobacco products are often marketed by tobacco companies as less harmful than cigarettes, but they can pose health risks to users, according to a new review I co-authored in the journal Tobacco Control. Evidence on their health risks in people who smoke is limited, sometimes contradictory, and hard to make sense of.

Heated tobacco products are electronic devices that heat tobacco so users can inhale nicotine. Common brands include IQOS, available in the U.S., and Ploom and Glo,…

As conversations around nutrition evolve, protein has taken center stage, and with it, a renewed appreciation for one of the most often misunderstood food groups: dairy. Once cast aside in favor of plant-based alternatives, dairy has been making a comeback more recently as a performance-enhancing, gut-supporting functional food.

Non-dairy products still remain popular, but as consumers have begun leaning…