Health care

In the World: MIT-designed cooler preserves tuberculosis drugs, records dosesA simple cooler could help patients battle antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis.

Mindfulness pioneer, alumnus Kabat-Zinn addresses MIT Medical cliniciansTalk examines essential concepts of mindfulness and awareness as applied to medicine

Device may inject a variety of drugs without using needlesJet-injected drugs could improve patient compliance, reduce accidental needle sticks.

CloudTop takes top $100K competition prizeA record 215 teams competed in this year’s business plan competition.

Andrea Campbell: Public opinion and policy viewed through an historical lensProfessor studies taxation, Social Security, health insurance and more.

Gauging seizures’ severitySimple wrist sensors let neurologists collect better data about patients with epilepsy — and could alert patients that they need to seek medical care.

Their own devicesMIT’s Medical Electronic Device Realization Center aims to connect microelectronics with new health‑care tools.

Haibo Wang, SDM ’12: Systems thinking makes surgeries safer

How to stop the fluEngineering-systems researchers identify proven strategies to prevent influenza from spreading through a household.

New algorithm could substantially speed up MRI scansFaster scans could reduce the time patients spend in the machine from 45 to 15 minutes.

Systems thinking conference highlights practical applications in healthcare, education, product development

'Hacking Medicine' holds inaugural conference to create health care solutionsTotal of $6,000 in prizes awarded to medical entrepreneurship projects

Building innovation in IndiaMIT-India conference explores nation’s challenges, opportunities

A heart of goldNew 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 careMIT study shows that spending more on emergency-room patients saves lives.

Medicaid’s impact, finally measuredUnique study shows the effects of health insurance program: More treatment and fewer financial shocks for the poor, more bills paid for hospitals and doctors.

Nurse care managers reach out to MIT Medical patients

Two MIT teams design winning solutions for New OrleansDUSP and architecture graduate students claim top prizes in the Chase Community Development Competition.

MIT’s Benefits Open Enrollment Top 10 ListWhat to do before Nov. 1

Flu shots on campus at an all-time high

Better health through social networkingResearch shows how the nature of your social network influences your health behavior.

NSF award funds Media Lab researchers work on Autism spectrum disordersCollaboration is the first large-scale effort of computer and behavioral scientists to jointly address ASD.

Deworming the worldHow MIT Sloan School of Management Professor Kristin Forbes is helping to improve school participation in developing countries for just pennies per child