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Predicting how patients respond to therapy
Brain scans could help doctors choose treatments for people with social anxiety disorder.
Understanding gambling addiction
For machine gamblers, it’s not whether they win or lose — it’s how much they play the game.
Why cutting-edge medical technology may not lead to exploding health care costs
New study finds growth of advanced imaging slowed amid financial, medical concerns.
Simons Center for the Social Brain offering seed grants, postdoc fellowships
Deadline for application is August 31.
Economist Robert Townsend wins Frisch Medal
Prestigious prize granted for research on Thailand’s villages.
3 Questions: Andrea Campbell interprets the Supreme Court’s health care decision
A political scientist whose work was cited in one justice’s opinion weighs in on the ruling and its implications.
MIT Medical celebrates opening of newly renovated clinical laboratory
Behind the scenes, things were anything but routine for the lab during the last year.
Andrea Campbell: Public opinion and policy viewed through an historical lens
Professor studies taxation, Social Security, health insurance and more.
Neal Stephenson on science fiction, building towers 20km high ... and insurance
In a public interview with Technology Review's Jason Pontin, the best-selling author talked about the obstacles faced by real emerging technologies.
A taxing issue
In book talk, MIT economist Simon Johnson and co-author James Kwak emphasize need to raise revenues to cope with national debt.