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• After age 18, asthma care deteriorates

  It is widely accepted that medical insurance helps older adults with chronic health problems to receive better care. But what about young adults between the ages of 18 and 25, a demographic that also tends to have the lowest levels of health insurance coverage? In what may be the first study to meas more

• Mitochondrial metabolic regulator SIRT4 guards against DNA damage

  Healthy cells don't just happen. As they grow and divide, they need checks and balances to ensure they function properly while adapting to changing conditions around them. Researchers studying a set of proteins that regulate physiology, caloric restriction and aging have discovered another important more

• Is surgery the only option for meniscal tear and osteoarthritis?

  Many middle age and older adults have disabling knee pain due to a tear in the meniscus, an important supporting structure in the knee that is often damaged in patients with underlying knee osteoarthritis. In the United States, more than 450,000 arthroscopic meniscal surgeries are performed each yea more

Publications Harvard Medical School

• [News of the Week] Newsmakers

  This week's Newsmaker is Harvard Medical School cell biologist Joan Ruderman, who is the new president and director of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. more

• Erratum to: Omega-6 docosapentaenoic acid-derived resolvins and 17-hydroxydocosahexaenoic acid modulate macrophage function and alleviate experimental colitis

  Erratum to: Omega-6 docosapentaenoic acid-derived resolvins and 17-hydroxydocosahexaenoic acid modulate macrophage function and alleviate experimental colitis Content Type Journal Article Category Erratum Pages 1-1 DOI 10.1007/s00011-012-0552-5 Authors Cheng-Ying Chiu, Department of Hep more

• Profile of George M. Church [Profiles]

  George Church wants to rewrite the genetic code. A virtual manual of protein synthesis, the code reflects how organisms interpret strings of letters in the genome into strings of amino acids in proteins. Exploiting the code's redundancy, Church, a recently elected member of the National Academy of S more

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• Electronic Medical Records Market to 2017 - Government Financial Incentives and Benefits in terms of Costs and Quality of Healthcare Drive Adoption among Physicians and Hospitals

  GBI Research’s report, “Electronic Medical Records Market to 2017 - Government Financial Incentives and Benefits in terms of Costs and Quality of Healthcare Drive Adoption among Physicians and Hospitals” provides key data, information and analysis on the global Electronic Medical Records (EMR) marke more

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