Study: To Read Accurately How Someone Is Feeling, Voice May Be Best
We tend to think of facial expressions as being key to discerning how someone is feeling, but recent experiments suggest voice may be an especially accurate indicator.
View ArticleMass. To Ensure Social Workers Set To Fight Opioids
More than 4,000 social work students at nine Bay State colleges are now being taught principles for identifying and addressing opiate misuse.
View ArticleNavigating ALS: Mass. Advocate Helps Thousands Of 'Friends' With The...
Ron Hoffman's mission is to help steer people through the complexities of living and dying with ALS.
View ArticleHealth Connector Opts For Lower Insurance Rate Hike
The Massachusetts Health Connector will ready a plan of action in the event that the federal government cuts off certain insurance subsidies but will use its standard 2018 rates.
View ArticleFrom Blue Cheese To Dirt, How Beautiful Bacteria Can Be
Though the microbes that rule our world are normally too small to see, they can be quite beautiful -- when viewed through the right lenses.
View Article80,000 Mass. Residents Could Be Affected By Trump Decision To End Health...
The 80,000 residents could see their insurance premiums increase very little -- or as much as 29 percent, if what are called the cost sharing reduction payments end.
View ArticleMass. Senate To Debate Bill Aimed At Controlling Health Costs By Reducing...
Massachusetts Senate President Stan Rosenberg joined Morning Edition to discuss the bill.
View Article'The RBG Workout': 84-Year-Old Justice Might Put You To Shame In The Gym
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg does a killer workout twice a week, including push-ups, one-legged squats and planks -- all detailed in a new book by her personal trainer.
View ArticleState Senators Unveil Far-Reaching Mass. Health Care Legislation
The bill unveiled Tuesday would include new oversight for pharmaceutical companies.
View ArticleJust 'Baby Blues' Or Postpartum Depression? New App Screens New Mothers
A new app from Massachusetts General Hospital aims to screen new mothers for postpartum depression and develop an even quicker, smarter test.
View ArticlePuerto Rican Couple Brings Baby To Boston For Life-Saving Care
The couple is staying with a family in Brookline as they await appointments for their daughter at Children's Hospital.
View ArticleStudy: Mass. Has The Highest Percentage Of Inmates Over 55
And the state spends more than $8,900 per inmate per year on health care.
View ArticleIn Switch, State Health Exchange Will Post Steep Rate Increases
The Massachusetts Health Connector announced last week it would use the lower of two rate sets for some of its plans, but President Donald Trump's decision hours later to end certain federal insurance...
View ArticleFor Some, Cutting-Edge 'CAR-T' Treatment Unleashes 'Pac-Man' Cells Against...
This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the second therapy in this class, called Yescarta, to treat advanced B-cell lymphomas.
View ArticleWhy More Pediatricians Don't Have Separate Waiting Rooms For Sick And Well Kids
New national recommendations say to minimize contact between contagious and well kids, but stop short of separate waiting rooms.
View ArticleMass. General Dilemma: Separate Conjoined Twins To Save One, Or Let Both Die?
Because the twins' circulation was connected, the death of the sicker twin would kill her healthier sister. But operating to separate them would lead directly to the death of the sick twin.
View ArticleTrump's Declaration Of Opioid Epidemic As Public Health Emergency Gets Mixed...
The limited 90-day public health emergency declaration does not dedicate any specific amount of funding to fight the epidemic.
View ArticleI Don't See How Better Opioid Policy Could Have Saved My Brother's Life
A writer echoes his brother's rhetorical question: What can you do about pain?
View ArticleHow Mass. Providers Are Responding To A Call For 'Sanctuary Hospitals'
For some immigrants, the fear of running into ICE agents has made public places, like hospitals, appear threatening. So what happens when an immigration agent asks about a patient?
View ArticleCode Blue Confusion: He'd Checked 'Do Not Resuscitate' But Wanted To Live
The cautionary tale of a patient who came doubly close to dying: His heart stopped, and he had misunderstood the "do not resuscitate" document he had signed.
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