Health Archives

The environmental impact of anesthetic gases

Civil and environmental engineering professor Matthew Eckelman delivered the results of an anesthetic-drug life-cycle assessment to the International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology last week.

by Angela Herring May 22, 2012

Bouvé faculty brief legislators on health policy

Terry Fulmer, dean of the Bouvé College of Health Sciences, led a faculty briefing on health-care policy at the Massachusetts State House on Thursday.

by Matt Collette May 11, 2012

A solar-powered solution to the worldwide water crisis

Student-researchers have created a solar-powered desalination system designed to produce potable ocean water.

by Jason Kornwitz May 11, 2012

Feeding autism?

What are those wonky line drawings to the left, you ask? They are visual representations of four molecules that Professor Richard Deth…

by Angela Herring May 10, 2012

3Qs: For America, beating obesity is a complex challenge

Forty-two percent of the American population will be obese by 2030, according to a new report in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. We asked…

by Jason Kornwitz May 10, 2012

No harm done

Northeastern professor Leo Beletsky dissects interplay between law and public health.

by News@Northeastern May 9, 2012

Northeastern professor leads an international effort to map the human proteome

Chemistry professor William Hancock is a co-organizer of a major scientific undertaking: mapping the human proteome, one chromosome at a time.

by Angela Herring April 30, 2012

Delirium in the ICU

John Devlin, associate professor of pharmacy practice at Northeastern, discussed ICU delirium prevention and management at last month’s International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine.

by Angela Herring April 27, 2012

Chemotherapy from the inside out

Distinguished Professor of Physics Sri Sridhar has been awarded a $560,000 grant from the Department of Defense to develop a technique for treating prostate cancer with nanotechnology.