Home remedies that don’t help, and could even hurt
Should you really put rubbing alcohol on your cut? Will butter help a burn? Dr. Melrose has answers
Today in medicine: Suicidal kids have access to guns
Plus: The diet to eat if you want to get pregnant
Daughter of face transplant donor meets recipient
Carmen Blandin Tarleton received a face transplant at Brigham and Women’s Hospital this year and spoke with the daughter of her donor at an event Wednesday.
The home remedies you should avoid
Dr. Melrose tells you what not to try at home
Today in medicine: Wear your sunscreen!
Plus: What your pulse can predict
Today in Medicine: More screen time linked to bad behavior in kids
Plus: The microorganism that could be making you fat
Boston doctors: Video game helps blind navigate buildings
Researchers say a video game that uses a computer-generated layout of a building can help to prepare the blind to navigate the venue in real life.
Today in Medicine: More sugar, more violence?
Plus: More good news about exercise
Mass. doctor helped treat girl ‘cured’ of HIV
In what’s being called a ‘functional cure,’ doctors say a Mississippi girl born with HIV who received aggressive, early treatment now shows no signs of the virus that causes AIDS.
(Updated) Woman receives face transplant at Brigham and Women’s
A Vermont woman disfigured in a violent attack by her estranged husband nearly six years ago said her “spirits are high” after a face transplant in Boston.