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Runners and Spectators Raced to Save Lives

Originally published in The Boston Globe on April 17, 2013 When Natalie Stavas and her father finally reached mile 26, drained but determined to finish, they heard the boom of the explosions and watched as police began erecting...

Allergy Season Will Be Even Worse This Year

As the weather warms and plant pollination begins this spring, allergy sufferers are likely to feel worse than in past years. Unfortunately, a number of environmental factors are likely to keep the pattern of worsening allergies...

NC Research Campus Operation Lands $5.3M NIH Grant

The UNC Chapel Hill Nutrition Research Institute has received a five-year, $5.3 million grant to study fetal-alcohol disorders in South Africa. "The funds from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Alcohol...

Orexigen Rethinks Clinical Trial Recruitment

Reposted from Medical Marketing & Media 2012 ushered in a new era in weight-loss drugs, with the FDA's reversal on treatments such as Vivus Pharmaceutical's Qsymia and Arena's Belviq, but a potential competitor's recent success...

Big Data Holds Big Promise for Improving Health Care

Discussing Big Data and informatics can be technical, even ponderous. And anyone who has talked about how to make electronic health records meet the government's "meaningful use" goals knows it’s not exactly straightforward...

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