In Pausing Human Research On Zika, Medical Ethicists Acknowledge A Dark Past
Ethics review of human subject research matters, writes Paul C. McLean. In pushing pause on a Zika study, the NIH ethics panel indicated awareness of a history too often either forgotten or considered...
View ArticleGov. Baker: GOP Obamacare Replacement Would Cost Mass. $1 Billion By 2020
"[O]ur analysis," Baker wrote, "indicates that the AHCA would increasingly strain the fiscal resources necessary to support the [state's] continued commitment to universal health care coverage."
View ArticleFormer White House Drug Czar To Lead Addiction Medicine Center In Boston
Michael Botticelli will be executive director of Boston Medical Center's new Grayken Center for Addiction Medicine.
View ArticleMainstream Media Should Stop Selling Out Science With Misleading Ads
COMMENTARY: Scientists argue that The Washington Post and The New York Times should not have published paid ads on climate change that present as "fact" statements that directly contradict scientific...
View ArticleMass. Rep. Joe Kennedy: Addiction, Mental Health Coverage Should Be Mandatory
Among the elements of the health care bill up for debate is an end to mandatory coverage of basic mental health care and addiction services.
View ArticleMale Fertility Testing? There’s An App For That
A smartphone device developed by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital proves highly accurate for measuring male fertility at home, a study finds.
View Article10 Things To Know About This Flu Season, Starting With No. 1: It's Not Even Over
If you were felled by flu this year and left asking for the license plate of the Mack truck that hit you, it was probably this: A/H3N2 -- and you're far from alone.
View ArticleA Friend Dies As Scientists Ponder: Just How Preventable Are Most Cancers?
"People want a reason why these cancers happen," Dr. Bert Vogelstein says. "Well, here’s the reason: Cells make mistakes. That’s just bad luck."
View ArticleAHCA Defeat Spells Relief For Massachusetts
Groups that fought the AHCA say they know this may only be a temporary reprieve, but relief spread on Beacon Hill among Democrats and Republicans Friday.
View ArticleGov. Baker To Work With White House On Opioid Addiction
President Trump will tap Gov. Charlie Baker to serve on a new commission to address the nation's opioid addiction epidemic which will be led by Baker friend Gov. Chris Christie.
View ArticleDear Secretary Price: For My Dad's Sake, Protect The FDA
If you found yourself in an elevator with the U.S. health secretary, what would you tell him? Dr. Samantha Harrington points to the need to defend the FDA's rigorous standards for drugs.
View ArticleMassachusetts Tightens Cap On Health Care Spending For 2018
Massachusetts will aim to hold health care spending increases to 3.1 percent next year, a drop from this year's target of 3.6 percent.
View ArticleHow We Doctors Are Failing Our Patients Who Drink Too Much
"As the fourth-leading cause of preventable death, alcohol is the most common problem that I encounter as a primary care doctor, and the one that I feel least able to manage."
View ArticlePublic Bathrooms Become Ground Zero In The Opioid Epidemic
Public bathrooms are one of the few places where people can find privacy away from home to use intravenous drugs. That's leaving staff at fast food restaurants, libraries and town halls struggling...
View ArticleIf You Inject Drugs, Do You Know The Safe Steps? Try This Quiz
Here are 11 questions a needle exchange program in Cambridge asked its clients.
View ArticleMassachusetts Medical Society Trustees Ask Members To Support Safe Injection...
If approved, the Massachusetts Medical Society says it would become the first statewide physicians group to endorse the idea of a room where a doctor or nurse monitors drug users as they use illegal...
View ArticleNew England Baptist Joins Proposed Merger Of Lahey Health And Beth Israel
Combining all three hospitals would bring the new network closer in size to Partners HealthCare, the state's dominant health care system.
View ArticleLysenko: Cautionary Soviet-Era Tale Of How Tragically Politics Can Pervert...
The sinister Soviet-era tale of scientific villain Trofim Lysenko -- whose denunciations sent colleagues to the Gulag and whose fabricated findings led to starvation -- is newly topical as an American...
View ArticleDana-Farber Chief: Federal Cuts Could Threaten ‘World’s Greatest Biomedicine...
"The nearly half a billion dollars in Massachusetts NIH grants likely to vanish under the Trump budget are a serious concern for our innovation-based economy. At Dana-Farber alone, we could lose $23...
View ArticleDear Mass. Employers: House Budget Plan Shows A Health Assessment Is Coming
The message for employers from the House: Expect a health care assessment of some kind next year.
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