Latinos 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 ArticleMassachusetts Debates Proposal To Curb Youth Smoking
A proposal before state lawmakers would set at 21 the minimum age for purchasing cigarettes and other tobacco or vaping products across all of Massachusetts.
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 Plea To Pharma: Please Lower 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.
View ArticleOfficials Mark Positive Changes At Bridgewater State Hospital
It's been one year since a private company took over operations at the harshest mental health facility in the state.
View ArticleDollars Versus Medicine In Addiction Recovery Treatment
With more funding and more attention on addiction treatment, a long-time treatment provider in Boston is expressing concerns that financial considerations are harming the field.
View Article2 MIT Brain Scientists Explain 'Yanny Vs. Laurel' Internet Phenom
Two MIT neuroscientists explain why some people hear "Laurel" and some hear "Yanny" in the viral audio clip.
View ArticleMed Students To Congress: Help Us Be The Generation To Solve The Opioid Crisis
Four medical students argue that their education needs to prepare them better for using buprenorphine to treat opioid addiction.
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