http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/ en-us Copyright 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:39:54 -0500 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:16:29 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Paul Levy's giving in. Despite his previous doubts about the value of marketing claims versus medical evidence for the da Vinci Robot Surgical System, the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CEO says that the hospital is getting one. "Why? Well,... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/the_robot_is_co.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/the_robot_is_co.html Beth Israel Deaconess Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:39:54 -0500 Using technology originally developed for mass disasters, Boston disease trackers are embarking on a novel experiment - one of the first in the country - aimed at eventually creating a citywide registry of everyone who has had a flu vaccination.... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/todays_globe_tr_5.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/todays_globe_tr_5.html Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:00:04 -0500 In an expansion of its mantra "people, not projects," the Howard Hughes Medical Institute for the first time is funding small groups of scientific collaborators working on specific ideas that reach beyond their primary research focus. The biomedical research philanthropy... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/hhmi_hold_til_6.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/hhmi_hold_til_6.html Harvard University Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:00:04 -0500 Leaders of some large academic medical centers and community hospitals called for Governor Deval Patrick to examine how Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Children's Hospital, and a few other institutions are able to obtain higher prices from health... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/todays_globe_ho_17.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/todays_globe_ho_17.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:48:06 -0500 By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff One of the nation's biggest healthcare foundations announced today that it is committing $1 million to curb teen violence in Boston by teaching adolescents to forge healthier relationships. The grant from the Robert Wood Johnson... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/boston_gets_1_m.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/boston_gets_1_m.html Public Health Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:12:12 -0500 By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff Families short on money during tough economic times might be tempted to skimp on healthy eating. But they don't have to, according to a blog called Healthy Food on a Budget that was unveiled today... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/eating_well_eve.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/eating_well_eve.html Public Health Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:05:06 -0500 Can you picture a future when some political operative swipes a presidential candidate’s strand of hair, decodes its genetic data, and predicts mental or physical danger based on the analysis? Bioethicist George J. Annas and neurologist Dr. Robert C. Green... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/bu_hold_til_5_e.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/bu_hold_til_5_e.html Boston University Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:36:00 -0500 A growing body of research is erasing any doubt that eating is as much about our brains as our stomachs. The dietary supplement ginkgo, long promoted as an aid to memory, didn't help prevent dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/todays_globe_ea_1.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/todays_globe_ea_1.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:25:16 -0500 Kay Lazar, Globe Staff Bowing to the impassioned pleas of women across the region, Beverly Hospital's board of trustees today decided to allow deliveries to continue at the North Shore Birth Center, which is one of only two hospital-affiliated... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/beverly_birth_c.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/beverly_birth_c.html Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:06:29 -0500 Not all beachgoers go there for the same reason, so preaching the same sun-protection sermon won’t necessarily work to cut skin cancer rates, a new study suggests. Writing in the Archives of Dermatology, Australian researchers report on a survey of... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/something_diffe.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/something_diffe.html UMass Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:36:49 -0500 People without health insurance are far more likely to donate organs than receive them, a Harvard study has found. Based on a national survey of US hospital stays in 2003, researchers from Harvard Medical School and Cambridge Health Alliance report... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/people_without.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/people_without.html Cambridge Health Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:04:34 -0500 Massachusetts General Hospital, which fared poorly in its last inspection by a national accrediting agency, is getting ready for the group's next visit, which could come at any time within the next 13 months. A report released yesterday concluded that... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/todays_globe_mg.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/todays_globe_mg.html Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:41:31 -0500 By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff There was, of course, the tin of beef stew. And the chewing gum and toilet paper, too, jammed inside the rations that sustained Warren Quinlan during his tour of duty in Vietnam. And, always, there... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/veterans_get_he.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/veterans_get_he.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:10:42 -0500 Kay Lazar, Globe Staff The fear of being sued is driving Massachusetts physicians to order many tests, procedures, referrals to specialists and even hospitalizations for consumers that aren't needed and drive up health costs by more than $1.4 billion... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/doctors_practic.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/doctors_practic.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:34:50 -0500 Children's Hospital Boston has won a $25 million grant to create a center devoted to research on orphan diseases. The Manton Foundation of New York has made the gift, one of the largest in the hospital's history, to establish the... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/childrens_recei.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/11/childrens_recei.html Childrens Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:21:34 -0500