Changes in their environment, such as fresh food trucks, walking groups, screenings, and cooking demos, helped Boston residents eat better and get more exercise.
Sex hormone-sensitive brain cells provoke sudden, intense feelings of heat during menopause or prostate cancer therapy, and could be a treatment target.
After being informed of how they are evaluated, many physicians told surveyors that the pay-for-performance approach might change the way they practice.
This year the Warren Alpert Foundation Prize honors scientists for transformative research leading to precision-targeted treatments for this devastating genetic disease.