Today's Globe: hospital drug errors, sexy science, state health plan cost, diabetes uncertainty, menopause drug scrutiny, Iraqi hospital probe

One in every 10 patients admitted to six Massachusetts community hospitals suffered serious and avoidable medication mistakes, according to a report being released today by two nonprofit groups that are urging all hospitals in the state to install a computerized prescription ordering system.

They are going to have a DJ spinning love songs, flowing beer and wine, and, like, tons of guys and gals dressed as alluringly as possible. Then to really get things started, three eminent Harvard professors will lecture on pheromones and the smells of attraction, the mind of a mate, and the language of sex. And it's all going to be filmed. It's LoveFest, a Harvard party that organizers hope will demonstrate that underneath every white lab coat is a red pushup bra or silk boxers.

Premiums for private health insurance plans sold through the state are likely to rise an average of about 5 percent over last year's prices - roughly half as much as plans for people covered through their employers, according to a state memo released yesterday.

One week after US researchers announced that pushing down blood sugar levels as close as possible to normal might be dangerous for high-risk diabetes patients, a preliminary analysis of a similar international study has found no such risk.

Stung by a crackdown on unproven assertions about the safety and effectiveness of medications made by pharmacies to treat menopause, supporters of the drugs have launched a lobbying campaign aimed at the Food and Drug Administration.

When twin blasts ravaged crowded pet markets earlier this month, Iraqi authorities offered a chilling account: Mentally disabled women carried the hidden explosives perhaps as unwitting bombers for Al Qaeda in Iraq. Yesterday, the US military brought another stunning twist to the plot - the acting director of a psychiatric hospital could have betrayed his ethics and turned over patient details to insurgents blamed for the attack, which killed nearly 100 people.