Rejuvenating the Chance of Motherhood?
Last April, Omar and Natasha Rajani rented a hall, invited 130 guests, and hired a magician to entertain the little ones. In Natasha’s...
“Three-Parent Baby” Procedure Faces New Hurdle
A promising technique to prevent mothers from passing on devastating mitochondrial diseases was thrown a biological curve ball this week:...
Saving Ava: When a cancer drug shortage imperiled a toddler, her mom got to work
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The drug that Alyssa Luciano fought so hard to get for her little girl was ready. Two nurses held syringes....
Analysis identifies lethal strain of anthrax the Soviets produced as bioweapon
On the first Monday in April 1979, a wind blew south through a Siberian city called Sverdlovsk. A few days later, people and sheep began...
Alzheimer's Drug Shows Promise in Small Trial
A new drug trial that some researchers are calling the most promising yet in the fight against Alzheimer’s suggests it may be possible to...
The arms belonged to someone else. Grueling work made them his own
BOSTON — In the lobby of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a young boy stares at Will Lautzenheiser in his wheelchair. He tugs on his mom’s...
Giant coral reef shows new signs of life
In 2003, researchers declared Coral Castles dead.On the floor of a remote island lagoon halfway between Hawaii and Fiji, the giant reef...
Saving Bentley’s brain: Daring surgery aims to fix a gaping hole in baby’s skull
BOSTON — Everyone was so sure the newborn would die that they didn’t even clean him off after birth. Nurses didn’t weigh him, or suction...
Ask Well: Getting the Most Out of Whole Grains
Q: Are whole grains as beneficial if they are ground up, for example, as in smoothies, or made into flour as in cereal? A: Whole grains...
Most anti-depressants don’t work on kids and teens, study finds
The vast majority of antidepressants given to kids and teens are ineffective and potentially dangerous, according to a new study in The...
