Today's Globe: breast-feeding and intelligence, VA hospital plan, Wal-Mart Rx
A new study provides some of the best evidence to date that breast-feeding can make children smarter, an international team of researchers said yesterday.
The US Department of Veterans Affairs said yesterday that it was dropping plans to consolidate treatment services at its medical centers in Bedford, Brockton, and Boston's West Roxbury and Jamaica Plain sections (sixth item).
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. expanded its drug offerings yesterday with three-month prescriptions for $10, stepping up the fight to attract US consumers seeking cheaper medicines amid economic woes. Kmart, Target Corp., Walgreen Co., and CVS Caremark Corp. are also ramping up efforts to sell to the growing number of Americans who lack insurance to pay for medicines.
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Elizabeth Cooney is a former
health reporter for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, where she also was a
business reporter and an editor. Earlier in her career, she edited medical
books and journals at Little, Brown, and worked for Boston magazine.Boston Globe Health and Science staff:
- Gideon Gil, Health and Science Editor
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