Harvard, Brigham Study: Yoga Eases Veterans PTSD Symptoms
The words “Department of Defense” and “yoga” aren’t often uttered in the same breath, let alone in a long, conscious, exhale. But preliminary results from a small study funded by the U.S. Defense...
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Memories Of A Veteran’s Son: Living With Undiagnosed PTSD
Victor E. Beresin, DDS, was discharged as a major from the Army, having been promoted to captain, and won the Bronze Star for his work as a medic on a battleship in the Pacific. (Courtesy Gene Beresin)...
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Silent Wars: Helping Vets Fight Mental Health Battles At Home
By Evan Bick Guest Contributor The movies have it wrong. Combat, at least in my experience, was not non-stop or action-packed. Those who have experienced it know that modern warfare usually involves a...
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Massive Disparities In VA Health Benefits: Better In Boston Than Cape
George Murray was able to access his VA benefits relatively easily while living in Boston; other vets have run into challenges. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) The clear takeaway of Martha Bebinger’s story today on...
View ArticleMass. VA Clinic, Hospital Wait Times Vary Widely
In a state that prides itself on access to great health care, wait times at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics vary widely, with some facilities in central and western Massachusetts delaying...
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Ringing In Your Ears? Finally, Researchers Finding New Clues About Tinnitus
Alan Starr, an audio engineer, has tinnitus as a result of the Boston Marathon bombing. (Courtesy of Alan Starr) By Richard Knox Alan Starr remembers being blown back by the bomb’s force. He had come...
View ArticleBoston Children's Hospital's $1B Expansion Gets Final Approval
The plan has been controversial because of concerns about rising health costs and because the expansion will result in the demolition of the beloved Prouty Garden.
View ArticleLeading Psychosis Expert To His Students: To Avoid Risk, Hold Off On Pot Til 30
As attitudes toward marijuana shift, a leading expert on psychosis warns about heavy teen use and concern that it raises the risk of later schizophrenia from about 1 percent to 3 percent.
View ArticleAfter 3 Decades Of Seizures, Life With My New Brain
Letitia Browne-James struggled with epilepsy-induced seizures and brain fog until she was 31. Then a surgeon removed a small piece of her brain. In the four years since the operation, she hasn't had a...
View ArticleKiller Candy Corn? Society Calculates Lethal Dose Of Halloween Sugar
You may have wondered nauseously in the midst of a post-trick-or-treat binge: Just how much of this stuff would it take to actually kill me? The American Chemical Society has done the math.
View ArticleStudy: Health Insurance Costs Growing Slower, But Pinching Harder
While a new report finds that the cost of health insurance premiums is growing slower, that growth is still outpacing income growth -- which means a larger percent of our incomes are going towards...
View ArticleNew Science Mag: Misguided Therapy For Fatigue Syndrome 'Worse Than The Disease'
The magazine Undark chronicles how flawed research led to faulty recommendations that likely hurt many patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.
View ArticleOpinion: I Advise My Patients Against Marijuana, But Here’s Why I’ll Vote To...
"Rising prison populations constitute a major threat to public health and I believe the costs of incarceration for patients and communities simply outweigh the dangers of marijuana."
View ArticleDoctors' Group: Neither Candidate Should Have Finger On Hair-Trigger Nukes
"There have been multiple near-misses and near-launches," Dr. Matt Bivens writes. "Do we really want to trust anyone with this situation?"
View ArticleBritish Vs. American Health Care, Through One Trainee Doctor's Eyes
Dr. Martin Kaminski, raised in Massachusetts, writes about the revelations of returning home to practice medicine.
View ArticleTesting The Claim That Marijuana Is Safer Than Alcohol Or Tobacco
We look at the science behind the claim in three areas: addiction or dependence, disease, and death.
View ArticleCounterpoint: It's Not Just OK To Throw Out Halloween Candy, It's Smart
"Typical Halloween candy isn’t food, it’s junk, despite marketing ploys suggesting otherwise. A few nuts doesn’t counterbalance the sugar in an Almond Joy."
View ArticleLate NFL Player Turner's Brain Called 'Best Evidence' Of Trauma Link To ALS...
Kevin Turner's brain was "riddled with CTE," a BU researcher said Thursday.
View ArticleCounterpoint: We Fail Our Patients If We Don't Try To Treat Obesity
An obesity specialist responds to a doctor who has largely stopped telling her patients to lose weight: "We should be willing to treat obesity as the disease that it is. And that means we start by...
View ArticleThe Woman Who Couldn't Stop Emailing, And The Therapist Who Got Sucked In
The internet allows eating disorder therapist Jean Fain to help clients from afar. But sometimes, email becomes the problem.
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