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Dr. Terrie E. Inder to lead expanded pediatric department at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Dr. Terrie E. Inder will be chairwoman of the newly named Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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HHS issues final regulation on contraceptive coverage allowing exemptions for religious groups
The Obama administration on Friday released its final rule determining contraceptive coverage under the federal health care law; religious organizations can be exempt from this coverage, but their employees will still get free coverage from their insurance companies due to some creative loopholes.
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WHO recommends earlier HIV treatment
New recommends by the World Health Organization now say some with the AIDS virus should be started on medicines as soon as they are diagnosed.
Quincy psychiatric unit shut down after inspection
Regulators temporarily prohibited admissions to the unit last month while the hospital fired at least two managers after what state inspectors found.
New federal rules aim to get rid of junk food in schools
High-calorie sports drinks and candy bars will be removed from school vending machines and cafeteria lines as soon as next year.
Mass. beaches with the best water quality
The Natural Resources Defense Council issued its annual review of pollution at American beaches this week. How'd our beaches fare?
Some docs don't mind obesity disease label
Weight management specialists widely cheered the AMA's decision to label obesity as a disease, including those who have previously argued that obesity isn’t always equivalent to poor health.
PTSD may double heart risk later in life
A new study found that PTSD does long term damage to the heart that manifests itself years later.
Are you a parent who smokes? Read this
Pediatricians can give advice and information. When it comes to actually quitting, well, that's up to you.
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WHO: Treat people with HIV early to stop spread ( AP 07/01/2013 8:11 AM )
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Lyme disease cases on the rise, and so is the controversy
It's a controversy with significance far beyond Lyme, reflecting gaping differences in how segments of the medical world and the public cope with scientific uncertainty.
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Drinking fresh juices loaded with fruits and vegetables has come back into vogue, prompting many folks to try their hand at making juice at home. But where should you start?
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Assisted suicide measure
narrowly defeated
A divisive ballot initiative that would allow terminally ill patients to end their lives with medication prescribed by physicians was narrowly defeated. The Death with Dignity Campaign conceded.
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A rampant prescription
A Boston Globe investigation found that roughly 185,000 US nursing home residents received antipsychotic drugs in 2010 contrary to government recommendations.
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Why you should share ellipticals
You may be a gymrat if you get angry when someone is on “your” treadmill… not sharing, however, is not terribly good for exercise.
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Science in Mind
Two planets discovered orbiting stars in a crowded cluster
In May, NASA scientists announced that the space-based Kepler telescope that has been scouring the sky for habitable worlds was in trouble. Part of the mechanism used to position the telescope had failed. Scientists were quick to praise the mission and note that even if it were over, they had more than enough data to analyze. The latest discovery from the data beamed back by Kepler came Wednesday, with the detection of two planets smaller than Neptune orbiting stars in a cluster about 3,000 light-years away.
Why can people survive with just one kidney?
Perhaps because they’re so critical, our two kidneys together create a highly redundant system capable of doing much more than it needs to.
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