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 covers health for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. She
previously reported on business and was an editor at the paper. Earlier in
her career, she edited medical books and journals at Little, Brown, and
worked for Boston magazine.Boston Globe Health and Science staff:
- Karen Weintraub, Deputy Health and Science Editor
- Gideon Gil, Health and Science Editor
- Ishani Ganguli, Short White Coat blogger
- Joshua U. Klein, M.D., Short White Coat blogger
