An extract of the Chinese herb kudzu dramatically reduces drinking and may be useful in the treatment of alcoholism and curbing binge drinking, according to a new study by McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School researchers. “Our study is further ev…
High school students who do yoga may derive psychological benefits, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School reported in the April issue of Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. Leading author, Jessica Noggl…
Elderly individuals who eat plenty of strawberries and blueberries are less likely to experience cognitive decline, compared to those who rarely or never eat berries, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School reported in …
“Shift workers getting too little sleep at the wrong time of day may be increasing their risk of diabetes and obesity,” according to the BBC, which reported new research showing that changes to normal sleep can cause the body to struggle with contr…
People who have irregular sleep patterns and/or do not sleep enough have a higher risk of developing metabolic syndrome and diabetes, researchers from Harvard Medical School, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, reported in the journal Science T…
One of the main reasons for higher healthcare cost is imaging, for instance, tomographies. A new study published online, in advance of the April issue of The American Journal of Medicine , shows that doctors use head computed tomography (CT) scans in a…
LSD “helps alcoholics to give up drinking”, BBC News has today reported.
This unusual claim is based on a review examining research into the powerful hallucinogenic and its potential to treat alcoholism. The review analysed the results of six medi…
LSD “helps alcoholics to give up drinking”, BBC News has today reported.
This unusual claim is based on a review examining research into the powerful hallucinogen and its potential to treat alcoholism. The review analysed the results of six medica…
Scientists from the Schepens Eye Research Institute, a subsidiary of Mass. Eye and Ear and affiliate of Harvard Medical School, have found for the first time that a bacterial pathogen can literally mow down protective molecules, known as mucins, on muc…
According to a study published in The Journal of Pain, the peer-review journal of the American Pain Society, individuals who take opioid analgesics, who are not dependent or addicted, often have cravings to take more medication. The researchers from Ha…
