Inspiration from a porcupine’s quills
Understanding the mechanisms behind quill penetration and extraction could help engineers design better medical devices.
Study: At most a third of us show a consistent approach to financial risk
Empirically rich new study finds most people alter their risk-management approach depending on the type of financial decision.
MIT Medical marks World Diabetes Day with community outreach
Provides information to Institute community members on risk factors for the disease.
A different operating procedure
MIT Sloan’s Katherine Kellogg goes inside hospitals to study medical practices.
MIT Medical sets out to increase breast cancer awareness
Interactive event in E25 atrium offers information, education.
Taking the sting out of medical tape
New adhesive comes off quickly, sparing infants’ delicate skin from damage.
How Jonathan Gruber became ‘Mr. Mandate’
An MIT economist’s path to the center of health-care policymaking in Washington.
Benefits Open Enrollment for 2013 starts Oct. 30
Relatively low premium increases and no major benefit changes this year.
Too much information?
MIT Sloan marketing professor Catherine Tucker analyzes the boundaries of privacy in a connected world.
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.
