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Healthcare

BU orthodontist Melih Motro sits on a dentist chair displaying an orthodontic x-ray on his laptop.

Artificial Intelligence

Brace Yourselves, AI Is Coming to the Orthodontist’s Office

July 15, 2019

A bottle of generic Buprenorphine HCI Sublingual tablets

Addiction

Why Making Buprenorphine Opioid-Based Medication Available without a Prescription Could Save Lives

July 11, 2019

University News

Making Primary Care a Priority

July 9, 2019

Alumni

An Essential—and Little- Known—Hospital Career Gains Ground

July 9, 2019

Ed Damiano shows off the iLet bionic pancreas

Biomedical Engineering

BU Biomedical Engineer Ed Damiano Raises $126 Million for Bionic Pancreas

July 3, 2019

State Rep. Andy Vargas

Science & Technology

Alum’s Bill Would Remove Commonwealth’s Religious Exemption from Vaccination

June 18, 2019

A group of people looking forward

Public Policy

POV: Medicare for All—Is It Feasible?

June 5, 2019

This array of helical resonators stand at three-centimeter-tall, constructed from 3-D-printed plastic and coils of thin copper wire.

Materials Science

Magnetic Metamaterial Can “Turn Up the Volume” of MRI

June 4, 2019

Flat stock photo of an IUD implant (mirena)

Public Policy

Why IUDs and Birth Control Implants Are on the Rise

April 8, 2019

Cara Guenther and Otis visit Darinta Larios in BMC's Pediatric Inpatient Unit

Therapy

MED Student’s Bernese Mountain Dog Captivates, Comforts BMC Patients

April 1, 2019

Alum Dana Levin-Robinson

Alumni

Jump-Start Your Job Search: VirtualHealth Chief of Staff

February 20, 2019

A portrait of Nicole Prudent

Disease

After Nearly Three Decades, MED Pediatrician Nicole Prudent to Retire

January 28, 2019

Deepak Kumar uses a 3-D motion capture system

Arthritis

Mindful Walking

January 15, 2019

Concept image showing a gene with a chunk taken out of it representing gene editing

Voices & Opinion

POV: How Did Claims of CRISPR Babies Hijack an International Gene-Editing Summit?

December 4, 2018

Portrait of Jennifer Tseng, Boston Medical Center’s surgeon-in-chief, sitting chair in her office

Health & Medicine

Jennifer Tseng: From Receptionist to Chief Surgeon

November 29, 2018

Tightly cropped photo of a young man vaping with an e-cigarette and vapor streaming out his mouth.

Medicine

Vaping Slows Wound Healing Just as Much as Smoking

October 19, 2018

In the Classroom Asian Student Raises Hand and Asks Lecturer a Question. Multi Ethnic Group of Modern Bright Students at the College.

Healthcare

Racial Disparities in Nationwide Mental Health Services for College Students

September 28, 2018

Amyloid plaques

Alzheimer’s Disease

New Alzheimer’s Drug Has MED Prof Cautiously Optimistic

July 30, 2018

Fatima Dainkeh

Healthcare

Black Moms, in Their Own Words

July 27, 2018

aerial view of a rural town

Healthcare

Medicaid Expansion Increases Volume and Quality of Care in Rural Areas

June 19, 2018

Medicaid Expansion Increases Volume and Quality of Care in Rural Areas