Would You Check Your Baby's DNA For Free? Most Parents In Boston Study Say...
Some think it's inevitable that babies' DNA will be analyzed right after birth, but that future is far off, a new study by Boston researchers suggests.
View ArticleHome Health Care Is Growing Rapidly, But Remains Largely Unregulated
Boston Globe reporter Linda Matchan joined All Things Considered's Lisa Mullins to discuss her story about the crisis in unregulated home health care.
View ArticleAs Probiotic Labels Tout Benefits, A Call To Examine Risks
A leading watchdog on the quality and safety of supplements raises concerns about probiotic supplements -- increasingly popular products with "good bacteria."
View ArticleBoston's VA Adds Overdose-Reversing Naloxone To AED Cabinets
In December, the project will expand nationwide, as VA hospitals across the country will add naloxone to their AED cabinets.
View ArticleEssex County Sheriff Sued For Denying Inmates Medication-Assisted Opioid...
The lawsuit seeks to require Sheriff Kevin Coppinger and officials at the Essex County House of Correction in Middleton to provide methadone to inmates with an opioid use disorder who request it.
View ArticleGentian Violet: Deep Purple Dye Kills Some Cancer Cells, Early Research Finds
But more research is needed to determine whether the 19th-century dye can be developed into a novel cheap treatment for a rare skin cancer.
View ArticleYou're Invited, 9/25, Kennedy Institute: What's At Stake For Women's Health Care
A panel of Massachusetts health-care leaders discusses the outlook for women's health in view of the pending Supreme Court nomination.
View Article1 Person Is Dead In Outbreak Of Acute Hepatitis A That's Sickening Dozens Of...
The viral infection affects the liver and can cause severe illness.
View ArticleHow A Boy’s Delivery Tests A 'Team Birth Project' Aimed At Reducing C-Sections
South Shore Hospital is attempting to lower its rate of Cesarean births. One couple let WBUR sit in on their birth of their twin boys to see the plan in action.
View ArticleSen. Warren Endorses Ballot Initiative On Patient-To-Nurse Ratios
The measure is opposed by Massachusetts hospitals. Nurses unions are split on the initiative.
View ArticleThe Patient: 'Last Time In The ICU, My Wife Died.' What Do You Say?
A medical student describes a moment of struggling to respond to a patient's plaintive comment, and tries to learn for the future.
View ArticlePanel Asks AG Healey To Ensure Beth Israel-Lahey Merger Doesn't Hike Prices...
The state's Health Policy Commission asks the attorney general to look into ways to make sure a proposed Beth Israel-Lahey Health merger would not send prices soaring or hurt health-care access for...
View ArticleHealth Care Hacking On The Rise, Mass. General Study Finds
The shift to electronic medical records means a single breach can affect many more patients.
View ArticleTrump's 'Public Charge' Rule Could Mean Life-And-Death Decisions For Legal...
Three local doctors decry a Trump administration proposal that would penalize legal immigrants applying for green cards if they use public benefits.
View ArticleMass. Health Care Policy Advocate Dies At 69
Timothy Gens was the executive vice president of the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association for over two decades.
View ArticleBackers Of Nurse Staffing Proposal Object To Agency's Study
A report from an independent state agency on the potential costs of a November ballot question on nurse staffing levels is generating controversy.
View ArticleWhen Patients Can't Be Cured: Mass. Med Schools Teaching More End-Of-Life Care
All four Massachusetts medical schools are trying to get better at helping students grapple with palliative care.
View ArticleNurses Ballot Initiative Would Cost Hundreds Of Millions, State Panel Estimates
Proponents of the ballot measure -- Question 1 -- called the Health Policy Commission's estimate a "guess."
View ArticleUnderstanding Blackout: Alcohol-Induced Amnesia May Explain Kavanaugh-Ford...
"I've seen the prevalence of blackouts ranging anywhere from 10 percent to up to 50 percent of young people who drink," says Dr. Richard Saitz. "It's fair to say it's not rare."
View ArticleNurses Ballot Initiative Could Cost Over $900 Million A Year, State Panel...
Proponents of the ballot measure -- Question 1 -- called the Health Policy Commission's estimate a "guess."
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