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Lasers, robots, and tiny electrodes are transforming treatment of severe epilepsy
When Tom's epileptic seizures could no longer be controlled with drugs, he started considering surgery.Tom – who asked that we not use his last name… -
Bonnie Raitt’s Grammy-winning song mirrors story of Massachusetts heart transplant recipient
The transplant recipient and donor's mother appeared on Greater Boston. -
Can a healthy diet treat disease? Why some argue food is medicine
We chew over the growing number of organizations that provide medically tailored meals for people with chronic illness. -
From pain to podcast: How one woman turned sobriety into her superpower
Gill Tietz founded and hosts the popular sobriety podcast "Sober Powered." -
New behavioral health centers will be a 'one-stop shop' for mental health wellness
The 25 new centers are expected to ease the burden on emergency rooms for patients with behavioral health crises. -
Scant obesity training in medical school leaves docs ill-prepared to help patients
Tong Yan grew up in a Chinese-American enclave of Los Angeles in a family that revered food, but thought little of those who carried excess… -
After cancer diagnosis, a neurosurgeon sees life, death and his career in a new way
Renowned British physician Henry Marsh was one of the first neurosurgeons in England to perform certain brain surgeries using only local anesthesia. For… -
Massachusetts abortion hotline to provide free legal advice and resources
The number for the hotline is 833-309-6301. -
Deaths of Black, Hispanic and young Massachusetts residents rose in 2021
"Hispanic people were 30% more likely to die in 2021 than in 2019. Black people were 23% more likely to die in 2021 than in 2019 in Massachusetts.” -
Could ‘magic mushrooms’ become legal in Mass.? Lawmakers are looking into it
Mass. would become the third state to make it lawful for adults to grow, ingest and give away certain psychedelic plants and fungi.
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