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Medical Treatments

Cancer Patients Protest at Biotech Conference


By Toni Waterman
About a dozen protesters gathered outside the BIO International Convention to demand the Food and Drug Administration speed up the approval process for an experimental drug to treat cancer.
Medical Treatments

The First Total Artificial Heart Transplant

By Toni Waterman & Jordan Weinstein
At Brigham and Women's Hospital, retired high school teacher James Carelli Jr. talked about the pioneering heart surgery. In order to put himself through it, he needed faith.
Health Care

Leading the Fight Against Childhood Cancer


By Jordan Weinstein
There's been a hopeful development in treatment for soft-tissue sarcoma. A doctor talks about how small foundations play a crucial role in cancer research.
Xconomy

Xconomy Report: (Re)generating Excitement


By Gregory T. Huang, Editor, Xconomy Boston
A couple of Cambridge companies are gaining ground with their regenerative medicine technology, which uses living cells and other natural materials to promote healing.
Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Video Game Medicine


By Xconomy.com
Could your child leave his next checkup with a prescription for a video game? Akili Interactive Labs hopes its game will be the first approved by the FDA as a medical device.
Health

Human Genome Research in the Fight Against Cancer


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Quackenbush's Book, The Human Genome
The more we understand the human genetic structure, the better our understanding of how cancer occurs, and how we can detect it earlier.
Forum Network

Dr. Gary Small: Preventing Alzheimer's Disease


DR. SMALL ON TWITTER
Can reduced stress, weight loss and eating anti-oxidents prevent Alzheimer's disease? (Photo crabchick/Flickr)
Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Tech in the Air


By Xconomy.com
A Google-owned Cambridge software company will introduce a new reservation system for airlines, starting with Hyannis-based Cape Air.
Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Finding The Next Facebook


By Xconomy.com
While most of the tech world is analyzing Facebook’s impending IPO, a new effort at Harvard University is trying to find the next Facebook — and keep it in Cambridge.
Xconomy

Xconomy Report: How Green Was My Startup


By Xconomy.com
A new genomics technology company in Cambridge hopes to examine the genetic makeup of plants, animals and other organisms to find hot new drugs.
Child Development

'Milking' Language For All It's Worth


By Ibby Caputo
Teaching babies to communicate in sign language is popular. Is it effective? That depends on whether you ask the medical establishment or the moms.
Health

For Health, A Dose Of Worms


By Gary Mott
Believe it or not, but the next big advance in treating autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Crohn’s may be... worms. 
Boston

In Boston, Surgeons Perform Full Face Transplant

By The Associated Press
Doctors at a Boston hospital have performed a full face transplant on the Connecticut woman who was mauled two years ago by her friend’s pet chimpanzee.
Health

Why Some States Want Psychologists To Prescribe Antidepressants



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By Michelle Andrews
Half a dozen states are considering changes in laws that would allow psychologists to prescribe medicines to treat mental illness.
Health Care

Mass. Doctors Weary Of Medicare 'Meltdown'


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By Toni Waterman
Low reimbursement rates have already prompted some doctors to opt out of treating Medicare patients. In Massachusetts, rising business costs are compounding the problem.
Books

Oliver Sacks: A Neurologist Examines 'The Mind's Eye'


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Neurologist Oliver Sacks is famous for his case studies of people with neurological disorders that cause unusual problems with perception. In The Mind's Eye, Sacks turns to himself, explaining how an eye tumor affected his vision and perception of the world.

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