Mindfulness pioneer, alumnus Kabat-Zinn addresses MIT Medical clinicians
Talk examines essential concepts of mindfulness and awareness as applied to medicine
Device may inject a variety of drugs without using needles
Jet-injected drugs could improve patient compliance, reduce accidental needle sticks.
CloudTop takes top $100K competition prize
A record 215 teams competed in this year’s business plan competition.
Andrea Campbell: Public opinion and policy viewed through an historical lens
Professor studies taxation, Social Security, health insurance and more.
Gauging seizures’ severity
Simple wrist sensors let neurologists collect better data about patients with epilepsy — and could alert patients that they need to seek medical care.
How to stop the flu
Engineering-systems researchers identify proven strategies to prevent influenza from spreading through a household.
New algorithm could substantially speed up MRI scans
Faster scans could reduce the time patients spend in the machine from 45 to 15 minutes.
'Hacking Medicine' holds inaugural conference to create health care solutions
Total of $6,000 in prizes awarded to medical entrepreneurship projects
A heart of gold
New cardiac patch uses gold nanowires to enhance electrical signaling between cells, a promising step toward better treatment for heart-attack patients.
When it pays to spend on health care
MIT study shows that spending more on emergency-room patients saves lives.
Medicaid’s impact, finally measured
Unique study shows the effects of health insurance program: More treatment and fewer financial shocks for the poor, more bills paid for hospitals and doctors.