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An estimated 50 to 70 million Americans suffer from serious chronic or intermittent sleep disorders that undermine the quality of their sleep and, more importantly, their health. Sleep apnea, the most...

As many as 90 percent of burn patients report itching after their injuries, according to data cited by the Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors. Itching usually subsides over time, but more than 40 perc...

In January 2017, researchers reported that exercise is associated with a lower risk of death from metastatic colorectal cancer. Metastatic colorectal cancer is cancer of the colon or rectum that has s...

This lecture will explore the ethical and regulatory challenges related to the use of social media tools in the recruitment of research participants. Presented by Assya Pascalev, PhD, this lecture wil...

As announced in the July edition of Focus, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released a new policy on use of a single institutional review board (IRB) for multi-site studies. The goal of thi...

Join the Center for Innovation and Leadership in Education (CENTILE) for an Experiential Grand Rounds with Helen Riess, MD.Dr. Riess is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, an...