Boston Globe
Is science really about evidence? How convention trumps new findings on obesity and health
In 2005, Katherine Flegal, a senior scientist studying obesity at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published a counterintuitive ...
Viewpoint: Republican war against ‘cancel culture’ moves from targeting Dr. Seuss to transgender children, claim LQBTQ activists
What does a wave of legislation targeting transgender children in state houses across the country have in common with the ...
COVID variants present new threat as US virus cases plateau
Dr. Ashish K. Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health and a leading expert on infectious diseases, ...
After watching family member suffer ALS-related anxiety, family launches campaign to encourage patients to try medical marijuana
[Pete Frates, a] Boston College graduate who had been diagnosed with ALS years earlier, was already seeing top psychiatrists and ...
Vitamin D from sunshine or supplements does not reduce risk of depression
According to [a] study from Massachusetts General Hospital released [August 5], vitamin D, also known as the sunshine supplement, does ...
‘It’s the only strategy’: Coronavirus pandemic cannot end without herd immunity
For weeks, the most pressing policy challenge has been relieving the life-and-death pressure on our hospitals. But all that justifiable ...
Viewpoint: Why ‘do-it-yourself’ genetic testing is a dangerous game
A few years back, I learned of a patient who had her DNA tested by one company and then interpreted ...
