Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine Could Be 'Next Wave' Of Opioid Crisis, Some Warn
The powerful opioid that has multiplied deaths among heroin users is showing up in cocaine, threatening to expand the scope of the drug addiction epidemic.
View ArticleDesign Flaws In Electronic Health Records Can Harm Patients, Study Finds
The researchers looked at how"usability issues" -- design problems ranging from data entry and display to defaults and drug orders -- can and do hurt patients.
View Article'Faith Healing' And Chest Pain: Heart Controversy Points Up Confounding Power...
Amid major controversy over whether patients with "stable angina" should be treated with stents, the placebo-like effect of reassurance could affect the definitive research that's badly needed.
View ArticleThousands Of Cambridge Health Alliance Patients' Financial Information...
The Boston Globe reports Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) informed 2,500 people that their private billing information was accessed by a third party.
View ArticleDrs. Gawande And Murthy Discuss The Opioid Crisis — And What To Do Now
At a Brigham-only conversation, these two medical leaders talked about treatment and prevention.
View ArticleStudies Suggest Public Health Benefit To Marijuana, But Some Are Skeptical
A commentary that accompanies the study warns, however, that public policy is way ahead of science, because there's just not enough scientific research yet.
View ArticleTufts Nutrition Dean On Eating Right: Focus On Adding Good Food More Than...
We tend to focus on cutting calories, salt, sugar, fat -- but it may make more sense to focus on increasing the good stuff: fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts, healthy oils and the like.
View ArticleProposed Merger Between Beth Israel, Lahey And Others Gets Key State Approval
A proposed merger that involves 13 Massachusetts hospitals has received approval from a key state board, but hurdles remain.
View ArticleCDC To Assist In Probe Of HIV Cluster In Lowell And Lawrence
Authorities said Thursday that a cluster of new HIV infections has occurred largely among the homeless and people who inject drugs.
View ArticleHarvard Study: Clearing Your Mind Affects Your Genes And Can Lower Your Blood...
Harvard researchers pinpointed dozens of genes that operated differently in people whose blood pressure dropped after they started meditating.
View ArticleInspired By Federal Response To AIDS Crisis, Sen. Warren Calls For Greater...
The Democratic Massachusetts senator visited Boston to outline her proposed legislation that would provide $100 billion over ten years for addiction treatment and other programs to tackle the opioid...
View ArticleNew Insight Into Breast Cancer’s Spread After Surgery Suggests Way To Thwart It
A study shows breast cancer surgery can spur cancer's spread. But it also suggests a simple solution.
View ArticleIn Rats And Traumatized Children, 'Hunger Hormone' Appears Key In Ill Effects...
New research out of MGH nails down a link between ghrelin and the health effects of traumatic stress, in lab rodents and among children in a violent, Taliban-controlled area of Pakistan,
View ArticleHow The Marathon Bombing Helped Bring Innovation To Amputation
Gillian Reny was injured in the Boston Marathon bombing. The center that bears her name aims to change how people think about trauma treatment, amputation and limb restoration.
View ArticleThe Risky Game One Doctor Plays To Help Patients Find Affordable Insulin
The game is: finding out what patients can afford using multiple prescriptions.
View ArticleWhy Counterfeit Drugs Are A Global Problem With No Foolproof Solutions
Boston University's Muhammad Zaman has a new book about the global problem of counterfeit drugs.
View ArticleBeth Israel, Lahey, Others Look To Merge To Compete With Partners HealthCare
Some of the state's top hospitals, including Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, New England Baptist Center, Lahey Health, Mount Auburn and Anna Jacques, want to merge -- to compete with the state's...
View ArticleCompromise Would Use Dental Therapists To Expand Access To Oral Health Care...
The bill proposes to authorize the licensure of dental therapists, who, after a period of education and training, would be allowed to perform certain oral health functions on their own.
View ArticleCRISPR Wizard Feng Zhang: The Making Of A Sunny Science Superstar
By any measure -- papers, prizes, impact -- Zhang is a science superstar, one of the most inventive life scientists in the world. And he’s only 35.
View ArticleDefending Hospitals Against Life-Threatening Cyberattacks
Protecting hospitals’ computer networks is crucial to preserving patient privacy -- and even life itself, writes MIT's Mohammad Jalali.
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