A 94-year-old woman in Oregon was doing yard work when she was stung by dozens of wasps. Bernice Arline Patterson was even hospitalized after the attacks. Patterson told Fox 12 she was stung 74 times and credits one of her sons with saving her. According to Patterson, she was out doing some upkeep on a… Read More: Oregon woman, 94, stung 74 times after crossing underground wasp… »
A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) study finds that one month of abstaining from cannabis use results in measurable improvement in memory functions important for learning among regular cannabis users in adolescence and young adulthood. The study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry is one of the first to prospectively track over time changes in cognitive function… Read More: One month of abstinence from cannabis improves memory in adolescents,… »
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On his first day at the MGH Charlestown HealthCare Center, in 1968, Dr. Roger Sweet got a phone call. “Where are you?” the voice on the other end demanded. “Who is this?” “I’m the nurse at the high school. You’re supposed to be doing physicals.” Sweet headed to the high school, where he found 40… Read More: MGH marks 50 years of community health in Charlestown »