He observed a high number of ALS cases around Lake Mascoma in Enfield, N.H., and other bodies of water containing cyanobacteria.
Highlights in this issue
Launching a research career in the biomedical sciences takes more than just the right degrees. At DMS, several new initiatives are helping junior researchers learn to soar scientifically.
Over 40% of U.S. primary-care doctors believe their patients receive too much care and 28% say they themselves practice more aggressively than they'd like to, according to a new DMS study.
Web-Extras
Inside the In SHAPE Program
The most disadvantaged group in the U.S. in terms of life expectancy is not, as most people might expect, a racial minority. It is people with serious mental illnesses. Due to a host of associated health problems Americans with a serious mental illness have a life expectancy 15 to 30 years less.
The Atlas goes global
In September 2011, health-care researchers from around the world gathered in London at a meeting of the Wennberg International Collaborative to talk about research on variations in the delivery of health care.
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