Why You Keep Waking Up At Night? It May Be Your 'Neuronal Noise'
Researchers theorize that the random fluctuations of your neurons' voltage sometimes rise to the level of waking you up -- a finding that could be relevant for preventing SIDs.
View ArticleStudy Adds To Concerns About Hair Products Black Women Use
The study tested products like hair straighteners and moisturizers. In many, it found chemicals linked to health problems, including birth defects and cancer.
View Article2 Nurses Sue Brigham And Women's Hospital, Alleging Racial Discrimination
Two Haitian-American nurses have sued, one alleging she was denied a promotion because she is black, and the other saying management retaliated against her for standing up for her colleague.
View ArticleSudden High Temps Mean Sudden Burst Of Pollen In Mass.
Get ready for an intense allergy season. Cold temps stopped trees and plants from gradually releasing their pollen. So now all of the pollen could hit at once.
View ArticleLatinos Are Hit Especially Hard By The Opioid Crisis In Mass. But Why?
Latinos' overdose death rates have grown at twice the rate of any other racial group in the last three years. One reason: a lack of Spanish-language treatment.
View ArticleCommittee OKs Baker's Opioid Bill That Allows 3-Day Hold And Treatment In ER
The bill does not mention two controversial ideas: safe injection sites, where people can use drugs under medical supervision, and medication-assisted treatment for people who are incarcerated.
View ArticlePeople With ALS Living Longer, More Independent Lives At High-Tech Chelsea Home
A state-of-the-art facility is helping people who've been diagnosed with one of the most debilitating diseases to living longer and more meaningful lives than ever thought possible.
View Article'More An Inmate Than A Patient': An Injured Anthropologist Experiences Rehab
An anthropologist writes that in contrast to the hospital treatment she's received for her pancreatic cancer, her experience in rehab included "institutional ways of stripping people of their...
View ArticleA Big Deal? Partners And Harvard Pilgrim Are In Merger Talks
The largest hospital network in Massachusetts and the state's second-largest health insurer began talks about a possible merger last year.
View ArticleHe Wants To Encourage People To Talk About Mental Illness. So He Talks About...
When John Broderick, a former New Hampshire Supreme Court chief justice, speaks to students about his son, he often ends up hearing about some of their dark times, too.
View ArticleSelf-Induced Abortions Shouldn't Be A Crime, Mass. Medical Society Says
Doctors begin to grapple with the likelihood that, with abortion harder to get in some states and advocates sharing more information, more women may attempt self-induced abortions.
View ArticleMass. House OKs 21 As Minimum Age For Buying Tobacco
The bill would bring the entire state in line with a policy already adopted by many of its cities and towns.
View ArticleParamount Question On Proposed Boston-Area Health Care Mergers: Show Me The...
The state's largest hospital network may become even bigger. Partners HealthCare is in talks with the state's second-largest insurer, Harvard Pilgrim, to merge. Meanwhile, two separate networks, made...
View ArticleChild At Quincy Daycare Is Diagnosed With Typhoid Fever
The sick child had recently traveled abroad.
View ArticleA Doula's Call For A 'Culture Of Consent' During Childbirth
Ananda Lowe argues that obstetric staffers should add this sentence before many procedures: "You have the right to say yes or no.”
View ArticleThe Individual Mandate Lives On In Mass. Here's A Look Ahead
If you're confused about what's happening with the health insurance individual mandate, join the club.
View ArticleA Mother's Day Message To Pharma: Lower Your Insulin Prices
The cost of the diabetes medication is a humanitarian crisis, writes Dr. Vikas Saini.
View ArticleA Healthy Diet Linked To Lower Risk Of Hearing Loss In Women
A new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital finds a healthy diet could reduce the risk of hearing loss in women by 30 percent.
View ArticleAtul Gawande: Mass. Is Seeing 'First Signs Of Real Change' In End-Of-Life...
Three years into a campaign to shift attitudes about end-of-life planning in Massachusetts, there are signs of improvement -- and lots of room for more.
View ArticleBoston Children's Hospital Opens Rooftop Garden Promised After Demolition Of...
The garden is one of several new green spaces the hospital promised when it demolished a beloved healing garden to make way for a new building.
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