Health care
3 Questions with a student leader: Chief EMT Annie Dunham
October 17, 2012
MIT senior oversees a team of 50 EMTs
Too much information?
October 2, 2012
MIT Sloan marketing professor Catherine Tucker analyzes the boundaries of privacy in a connected world.
Also labeled: Data, Digital, Faculty, iPhone, Android, smartphones, Marketing, Business and management, Medical records
Walk-in flu shot clinic this Friday
September 26, 2012
Why cutting-edge medical technology may not lead to exploding health care costs
July 27, 2012
New study finds growth of advanced imaging slowed amid financial, medical concerns.
Said and Done for June/July 2012
July 16, 2012
Digest of MIT humanities, arts and social sciences
3 Questions: Andrea Campbell interprets the Supreme Court’s health care decision
June 28, 2012
A political scientist whose work was cited in one justice’s opinion weighs in on the ruling and its implications.
Student teams tackle Third World health care issues
June 28, 2012
LGO students add operations expertise to ghdLab projects
Sharper ultrasound images could improve diagnostics
June 18, 2012
New system developed at MIT allows precise measurements and tracking of disease progression.
In the World: MIT-designed cooler preserves tuberculosis drugs, records doses
May 30, 2012
A simple cooler could help patients battle antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis.
Mindfulness pioneer, alumnus Kabat-Zinn addresses MIT Medical clinicians
May 24, 2012
Talk examines essential concepts of mindfulness and awareness as applied to medicine
Device may inject a variety of drugs without using needles
May 24, 2012
Jet-injected drugs could improve patient compliance, reduce accidental needle sticks.
Also labeled: Drug delivery, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Mechanical engineering, Medicine, Research, Vaccines, Needles
CloudTop takes top $100K competition prize
May 17, 2012
A record 215 teams competed in this year’s business plan competition.
Andrea Campbell: Public opinion and policy viewed through an historical lens
May 14, 2012
Professor studies taxation, Social Security, health insurance and more.
Also labeled: Economics, Government, Policy, Political science, Politics, Research, Voting and elections
Gauging seizures’ severity
April 27, 2012
Simple wrist sensors let neurologists collect better data about patients with epilepsy — and could alert patients that they need to seek medical care.
Their own devices
April 18, 2012
MIT’s Medical Electronic Device Realization Center aims to connect microelectronics with new health‑care tools.
How to stop the flu
December 7, 2011
Engineering-systems researchers identify proven strategies to prevent influenza from spreading through a household.
Also labeled: Engineering Systems, Health sciences and technology, Influenza, Research, Viruses, Pandemic
New algorithm could substantially speed up MRI scans
November 1, 2011
Faster scans could reduce the time patients spend in the machine from 45 to 15 minutes.
'Hacking Medicine' holds inaugural conference to create health care solutions
October 24, 2011
Total of $6,000 in prizes awarded to medical entrepreneurship projects
Building innovation in India
September 27, 2011
MIT-India conference explores nation’s challenges, opportunities
Also labeled: Collaboration, Economics, Finance, Government transparency, India, Global, Policy, Special events and guest speakers, Students
A heart of gold
September 26, 2011
New cardiac patch uses gold nanowires to enhance electrical signaling between cells, a promising step toward better treatment for heart-attack patients.
When it pays to spend on health care
July 26, 2011
MIT study shows that spending more on emergency-room patients saves lives.
Medicaid’s impact, finally measured
July 7, 2011
Unique study shows the effects of health insurance program: More treatment and fewer financial shocks for the poor, more bills paid for hospitals and doctors.
Five companies join the Center for Biomedical Innovation's NEWDIGS program
June 2, 2011
Bristol‐Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, Life Technologies, Pfizer and Quintiles will support initiatives in regulatory science and oncology innovation.
Nurse care managers reach out to MIT Medical patients
February 7, 2011
MIT Medical Urgent Care transition goes well
January 21, 2011
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