How To Talk To Kids About Pittsburgh (While Grappling With Your Own Grief And...
For parents, it's a time to be especially attuned to the effects of the violence on children, two Harvard psychiatrists say, and to the effects on yourself if you're a parent.
View ArticleWBUR Poll: Most Mass. Voters Now Oppose Ballot Question About Nurse Staffing
The public is souring on a ballot measure that would limit the numbers of patients assigned to nurses, according to a WBUR poll. Earlier polls showed the "yes" camp leading or tied with the "no" side.
View ArticleMass. U.S. Reps. Are Big Beneficiaries Of Big Pharma, Data Shows
Led by Rep. Richard Neal, the state's House delegation ranks among the nation’s leaders in donations received from pharmaceutical companies.
View ArticleMass. Voters Say 'No' To Nurse Staffing Ballot Question
Massachusetts voters have decided the state will not write nurse-to-patient ratios into law.
View Article$200 Million Gift For Harvard Medical School, Biggest In Its History, To...
The gift from the Blavatnik Family Foundation will support high-tech tools and try to break down barriers that could keep research from being turned quickly into treatments.
View ArticleMedicaid Won The Midterms. Here’s Why That Could Save Lives
Midterm voters just sent a literal lifeline to thousands of Americans with chronic conditions who will now gain health insurance through Medicaid expansions, write two professors.
View ArticleGun Violence As A Public Health Issue
In light of the seemingly endless news of mass shootings in public places in the U.S., some say what's missing in the conversation is talking about gun violence as a public health issue. To discuss...
View ArticleThyroid Cancer Treatment: Less Is Often More, But Surgeons Are Slow To Shift
By one estimate, more than half of patients diagnosed with thyroid cancer are overtreated, often having their whole thyroid removed even though more limited treatment would have been less risky.
View ArticlePartners HealthCare Hits Pause On Talks With Harvard Pilgrim
Sources say Partners has told Harvard Pilgrim it needs to focus on internal matters for the time being.
View ArticleExosomes May Hold Key To Improving Drug Therapy, Harvard Study Finds
A new study of immune responses in the nose and transportation abilities of exosomes may lead to improvements in how doctors administer medicine to patients.
View ArticleHow To Heal After Defeat Of Nurse Staffing Ballot Question: Focus On Teams
One trouble with the ballot measure was that it focused only on nurses and mostly on hospital care. We need to think about our health care workforce more broadly, writes nurse staffing expert Karen...
View ArticleReport: Opioid Epidemic Cost Massachusetts $15.2 Billion In 2017
The report is the first to offer a thorough assessment of the economic damage caused by rising opioid use and deaths in the state.
View ArticleDress Rehearsal For Death: Using Virtual Reality To Foster Empathy For Dying...
Virtual reality, already seen as a tool to foster empathy, may also help families and medical staffers understand better what it's like to be dying.
View ArticleOpioid Deaths Down, Overdose EMS Calls Up, And Fentanyl Remains Culprit In Mass.
Twenty fewer men and women died in the first nine months of 2018 as compared to 2017, a 1.3 percent decrease.
View ArticleMain Health Center In Roxbury Beset By Turnover And Turmoil, Staffers Say
Sixteen current and former health care providers who spoke to WBUR describe Whittier Street as beset by worsening turmoil in recent months -- copious firings, financial trouble, personal conflict.
View ArticleMeth Use Is Rising In Boston, Intensifying The Opioid Crisis
Some meth users, doctors and drug experts say methamphetamine -- a longstanding problem in more rural states -- is an emerging threat in Massachusetts that is already worsening the opioid epidemic.
View ArticleFrom The Old Chemistry Set To New 'BioBits,' Cutting-Edge Kit To Teach Biology
A no-muss, no-fuss kit that helps teach basic DNA concepts, developed partly at MIT, shows that cutting-edge synthetic biology methods can help improve school science classes, too.
View ArticleFor Same-Sex Couples, A New Path To Legal Parenthood
A simple hospital form that has long been off limits to same-sex couples because it only had room for the "mother" and "father" are now gender-neutral in some states, including Massachusetts.
View ArticleGene Editing Pioneer Speaks Out Against Genetic Editing Of Babies In China
Feng Zhang, a biological engineer at the Broad Institute, says he has major concerns about the gene editing technique a Chinese scientist says he used on human embryos.
View ArticleStudy: Opioid-Free Remedy To Manage Pain May Be Harmful
A new report says spinal stimulators, thought to be a safe way to manage pain without opioids, can actually be dangerous.
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