Study: Exercise And Therapy Work Better Than Drugs To Lift Cancer-Related...
A new study finds that physical activity and therapy are more effective than medications at helping patients deal with cancer-related fatigue.
View ArticleGov. Baker Promises State Will Make Up For Possible Federal Cuts To Planned...
The five women's clinics in the state could lose $2 million a year if Congressional Republicans successfully block Medicaid reimbursements to the clinics.
View Article'Reclaiming Their Beauty': Tattoo Artist Inks Exquisite Flowers Over...
Not many tattoo artists make it into a leading medical journal -- but Chicago artist David Allen just did: the journal JAMA invited him to write on “the healing role of post-mastectomy tattoos” for...
View ArticleWith $25 Million Gift, Boston Medical Center Creates Hub For Addiction Medicine
The donation by billionaire investor and South Shore native John Grayken and his wife, Eilene, is the largest private donation in the hospital's history.
View ArticleFormer Obamacare Adviser: House GOP Plan A 'Major Step Backward' For Health...
Harvard public health professor John McDonough joins us to discuss the GOP's newly released Obamacare replacement plan.
View ArticleDeadly Diets: Study Links Unhealthy Eating To Nearly Half Of American Heart...
Tufts researchers find that nearly half of American deaths from major "cardiometabolic" killers -- heart disease, stroke and diabetes -- were hastened by eating too few healthy foods and too much...
View ArticleDoctors From Banned Countries Provide 14 Million Medical Appointments A Year...
Researchers are wondering how the order will affect those doctors, future doctors, and patient care for Americans.
View ArticleMedical Aid In Dying, Narrowly Voted Down In Mass., May Be Decided In Court
A retired doctor from Falmouth who has terminal prostate cancer and though he doesn't want to die, he said he wants some control when the time comes. He is suing the state to be able to ask his doctor...
View ArticleMass. High Court Hears Arguments On Medical Marijuana Firing
According to legal documents, Cristina Barbuto, who suffers from Crohn's disease, lost her job because of a positive drug test for pot.
View ArticlePsychologist: No, It's Not Post-Election Stress 'Disorder'
Among the politically distressed, is this syndrome -- toxic Trump-related concern concentrated among blue-voting people -- enough of a thing that it needs a name? Like maybe 'Post-Election Stress...
View ArticleHarvard Doctor: Return To 28-Hour Shifts For Medical Interns Is Good — Except...
Based on his own experiences, a Harvard doctor lays out the upsides and downsides of the new rule that will allow medical interns to work up to 28-hour shifts -- up from a limit of 16 -- beginning in...
View ArticleWhat The House GOP Health Bill Would Mean For Mass.
For many Massachusetts residents, the American Health Care Act would price health insurance out of reach.
View ArticleDoctor: Boston Evictions Tantamount To A Public Health Crisis
The diagnosis is clear, writes Dr. Lara Jirmanus: the eviction crisis is an illness. The Rx? Protections for tenants and increase the amount of affordable housing in Boston, she argues.
View ArticleIn Between Life And Death, Opioid Use Can Cause Dozens Of Injuries
Many people assume patients who experience a drug overdose either die or survive, with no associated damage or injuries. Most emergency room doctors will tell you that's not the case.
View ArticleA Friend Worth Waking Up For: Learning To Run Again After Donating My Kidney
After Amy Carleton donated a kidney to her stepfather, running in the early morning darkness with a friend helped her regain physical confidence.
View ArticleStudy Looks At The Special Pressure Of Treating A VIP (Very Important Patient)
Sure, VIPs in the hospital might get better rooms or personal service, but do they get better care? Or could their VIP status actually harm their care?
View ArticleIn Pausing Human Research On Zika, Medical Ethicists Acknowledge A Dark Past
Ethics review of human subject research matters, writes Paul C. McLean. In pushing pause on a Zika study, the NIH ethics panel indicated awareness of a history too often either forgotten or considered...
View ArticleGov. Baker: GOP Obamacare Replacement Would Cost Mass. $1 Billion By 2020
"[O]ur analysis," Baker wrote, "indicates that the AHCA would increasingly strain the fiscal resources necessary to support the [state's] continued commitment to universal health care coverage."
View ArticleFormer White House Drug Czar To Lead Addiction Medicine Center In Boston
Michael Botticelli will be executive director of Boston Medical Center's new Grayken Center for Addiction Medicine.
View ArticleMainstream Media Should Stop Selling Out Science With Misleading Ads
COMMENTARY: Scientists argue that The Washington Post and The New York Times should not have published paid ads on climate change that present as "fact" statements that directly contradict scientific...
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