Massachusetts' Bold Experiment
More than 18 months after Massachusetts’ landmark legislation mandated that nearly every resident have quality health care insurance that is affordable, how is this bold experiment doing? Might state-led reforms like this one succeed where a federal proposal in the 1990s failed? What lessons might other states draw? read more on the Massachusetts health care law
Pritzker scholarship winners fight the obesity epidemic from many angles
As Western diets and sedentary lifestyles become more prevalent worldwide, excess pounds and their accompanying health problems are crossing economic and ethnic boundaries.
Take the stairs: Developing exercise habits for healthy hearts and minds
Keeping it off: Understanding the biology of gastric bypass surgery
Stretched to the limit: Exploring the role of fat cells in metabolic disease
"An investment in the future"
Scientists trace inflammatory ulcerative colitis to failure of immune system "peacekeeper"
Can students launch enterprises that turn a profit while saving lives?
Drs. Rosalind and Robert Wright. more
Researcher removes roadblocks for people with limited income and literacy. more
National Institutes of Health one-time funding boost is expected to support promising or underfinanced research. more
Catching the flu before it catches the world. more
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