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How Boston Could Be Choking President Obama's Climate Change Goal
Earlier this month, the White House announced new regulations aimed at dramatically cutting methane gas emissions by 2025. But Thursday, Harvard… -
Doctors’ muddled statistical knowledge may harm patients
Doctors are the first line of defense in ensuring women receive sound advice about a new generation of prenatal screens and other complex tests. But many… -
Best Of The 2015 Consumer Electronics Show
Inventors have yet to develop a high-tech crystal ball that can accurately predict the future, so in the meantime, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las… -
To regulate or not: FDA hears arguments on medical tests
Anyone who has ever gotten a medical test – to detect cancer, determine fetal health or even figure out food allergies - may want to pay close attention… -
To Regulate Or Not: FDA Hears Arguments On Medical Tests, Innovation, Patient Safety
Anyone who has ever gotten a medical test – to detect cancer, determine fetal health or even figure out food allergies - may want to pay close attention… -
MIT Biophysicist Claims Origins Of Life All About Energy
What is the origin of life? It’s a question scientists, philosophers and theologians have debated for centuries. If you believe one widely accepted… -
Failed projects and weak oversight lead to loss of state's wetlands
Three decades ago, Massachusetts became a darling of the environmental movement for requiring developers to replace virtually every square foot of… -
Physician society urges better understanding of new prenatal tests
A national society of high-risk obstetricians urged health professionals to be more vigilant about prenatal screening tests in response to a New England… -
Are Prenatal Tests Oversold, And Do They Lead To Unnecessary Abortions?
Stacie Chapman’s heart skipped when she answered the phone at home and her doctor — rather than a nurse — was on the line. More worrisome was the doctor’s… -
Unusual experiment raises concerns about prenatal testing labs
An unusual finding in an experiment by two Boston-area doctors is raising questions about a new generation of prenatal screening tests used by an…