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.
Five companies join the Center for Biomedical Innovation's NEWDIGS program
Bristol‐Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, Life Technologies, Pfizer and Quintiles will support initiatives in regulatory science and oncology innovation.
Two MIT teams design winning solutions for New Orleans
DUSP and architecture graduate students claim top prizes in the Chase Community Development Competition.