Massachusetts Bends Under Health Care Spending Bar In 2016
Health care spending grew 2.8 percent last year, below a 3.6 percent benchmark.
View Article$115M Gift, Biggest Ever To Boston University, Backs Life Sciences, Engineering
The gift from trustee Rajen Kilachand will support a new building and an endowment for life science and engineering advances.
View ArticleNew Bedford Clergy And Police Fight Opioid Epidemic One Person At A Time
In New Bedford, outreach teams made up of of a police officer, a member of the clergy, and some type of drug counselor go out three nights a week looking for people who've recently survived an opioid...
View ArticleWhy We Can't Have Nice Things, Like A More Rational Health Care System
The new book "Unhealthy Politics" explores why so much of the medical care Americans get lacks strong scientific evidence on how effective it is, and the role doctors, politicians and the public play.
View Article'Life's Work,' A Doctor's Christian Argument For Abortion Rights
Dr. Willie Parker writes in his book: "I remain a follower of Jesus, and I believe that as an abortion provider, I am doing God's work."
View ArticleYouth Football Is Linked To Later-Life Emotional And Cognitive Problems
In a new study, researchers determined participation in football before age 12 increases the risk of problems with behavior, planning and organization.
View ArticleBaker And 9 Other Governors Ask Senators To Reject Graham-Cassidy Health Bill
One estimate finds the proposal would mean that Massachusetts would lose about $5 billion in federal money by 2026.
View ArticleHarvard Prof Says Mass. Would Be One Of States Hardest Hit If Graham-Cassidy...
John McDonough explains that "the best estimates that are out there that in 2026, Massachusetts would lose about $5 billion relative to what it would be getting otherwise if this law were not passed."
View ArticleBillions Of Dollars Lost To The Opioid Epidemic In Mass.
A breakdown of a seminal estimate from the Centers for Disease Control suggests the state's economic burden was about $10 billion in 2016.
View ArticleWhy A Biobank May Soon Ask You For Your DNA And Medical Record
Biobanks are huge databases that can speed up research by meshing terabytes of data, including people's DNA, medical records and life circumstances. Are you in or out?
View ArticleStudy: HIV Prevention Could Need Cocktail Of Antibodies
It takes a cocktail of drugs to treat HIV. It could take a cocktail of antibodies to prevent HIV as well, suggests a study by Boston-based researchers published this week in Science Translational...
View ArticleMass. Lawmakers Hear Emotional Appeals On Medical Aid In Dying Bill
Five years after a similar proposal was narrowly rejected by voters, lawmakers are considering bills that would allow medical aid in dying as an end-of-life option for the terminally ill.
View ArticlePowerful Synthetic Opioid Found In A Dozen Samples In Mass. This Year
Investigators now have protective gear -- suits, masks and gloves -- because of the risks associated with exposure to the powerful opioids.
View ArticleStudy: New Test Could Check For Zika Quickly And Cheaply
A potential step forward for Zika testing: a fast-acting "dipstick"-type test something like a pregnancy test that costs as little as $5 per strip and can distinguish between Zika and dengue fever.
View ArticleA Refuge Or A 'Warehouse'? Boston Opens A Day Center For Drug Users
A large domed tent that houses Boston's new "engagement center" -- designed to keep drug users off the streets -- opened last month.
View ArticleProgram In Worcester Gives Drug Buyers A Choice Between Arrest And Treatment
The pilot program is the first of its kind in the state but, if successful, could be tested elsewhere.
View ArticleStudy: Food Stamps Can Help Cut Medical Costs
Enrollment in SNAP -- the food stamps program -- can save about $1,400 a year on health costs per person, the study finds.
View ArticleIf You Were Starting A Med School From Scratch, What Would You Do Differently?
Now being built from the ground up, the new Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine in Pasadena will offer "very, very generous financial aid," contact with real patients from the start and a focus on...
View Article2 Brandeis Scientists Win Nobel Prize For Research On Biological Clocks
Three researchers, two with ties to Brandeis, won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their work on a gene that controls the body's daily biological rhythm.
View ArticlePreemie Prevention Drug Costs 53 Times More Than Generic, But Researchers...
A Harvard study finds the drug Makena costs 53 times more than a generic version mixed in compounding pharmacies, but the two versions were equally safe and effective in preventing preterm births.
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