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Clipboard: After calling for better regulation, lawmakers cut funds for pharmacies inspectors
After failures at a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy caused hundreds of people to be sickened by tainted drugs, state officials called for better oversight of the industry and Governor Deval Patrick pledged an additional $1 million to help the Department of Public Health conduct routine inspections. But that money has been cut from the Senate's proposed budget, prompting Rachel Zimmerman, of WBUR's CommonHealth blog to ask, "Really?"
Daily Dose
Tonsil surgery reduces behavioral problems in kids with snoring condition, study finds
Having surgery to remove the tonsils and adenoids significantly reduces sleepiness and behavioral problems in kids who snore, but it does not improve their performance on attention and memory tests. That's the finding from a long-awaited clinical trial conducted by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital, and elsewhere.
Get Moving
Is that 'fat-burning zone' on cardio machines accurate?
By Ryan Healy Ryan Healy is a personal trainer for the Lynch/van Otterloo (LVO) YMCA in Marblehead. She is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist...
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Is the 'fat-burning zone' on
cardio machines accurate?
Personal trainer Ryan Healy explains why that fat-burning label on machines can be misleading. The problem with only training in the fat burning zone is that you burn fewer total calories, from both of these fuel sources.
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NE Revs strength coach Nick Downing
Nick will answer your training questions at 11:30 a.m., this Friday. Start thinking about what you want to know...
Hospitals deal with Okla. tornado aftermath
Hospital officials say they've treated more than 200 patients, including dozens of children, since a tornado ripped through suburban Oklahoma City.
Mobile phone use may reveal your 'dominant brain'
A new study suggests that people with left-brain dominance tend to listen to their mobile phones with their right ear, and vice-versa.
Victoria’s Secret says no to mastectomy bra
After much debate last week over whether Angelina Jolie’s double mastectomy would help other women with mastectomies feel sexier, Victoria’s Secret announced that it isn’t interested enough in the cause to revamp its lingerie.
Nurses treated bombing suspect like any other patient — almost
For nine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center trauma nurses, an extraordinarily draining six days were just beginning.
Survey: Road trips good for relationships
A new survey claimes taking a road trip can be good for strengthening a couple's relationship
What do we eat? New food map will tell us
Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are creating a gargantuan map of what foods Americans are buying and eating.
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Special section
Mich. AG seeks criminal probe of meningitis deaths
The state attorney general sought permission to launch a criminal investigation into a Mass. pharmaceutical company linked to a deadly outbreak of meningitis. (Globe)
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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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Part 1
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 does not fit the holiday spirit… nor is it terribly good for exercise.
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Science in Mind
Senators oppose pending shutdown of MIT fusion experiment
The news that a nuclear fusion experiment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will shut down in a year and half and that the project's employees have received layoff notices has raised more objections.
How well someone will recover from stroke?
The first factor that influences a person’s recovery from a stroke is the nature of the stroke itself: how much damage occurred in the brain and where.
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