http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/ en Copyright 2012 Wed, 30 May 2012 17:45:00 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss First they try to take away our mammograms, and now this? Last week, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) followed up their October 2011 draft guidelines to recommend, definitively, that doctors not offer routine Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) screening for... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2012/05/prostate_cancer.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2012/05/prostate_cancer.html Short White Coat cancer screening prostate cancer Prostate-specific antigen PSA screening screening guidelines Wed, 30 May 2012 17:45:00 -0500 By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff Robert Langer, a biomedical engineer at MIT best known for his contributions in the fields of tissue engineering and drug delivery, has been named the winner of the 2012 Priestley Medal, a prestigious prize... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/mit_professor_w.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/mit_professor_w.html MIT Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:00:12 -0500 In an editorial today, the Times says support for the national mandate could follow the recent trend in Mass. and grow http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/daily_check_up_37.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/daily_check_up_37.html Beth Israel Deaconess Lahey Mass Health Law Public Health Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:15:00 -0500 Jonathan Wiggs / Globe Staff Photo Steve Nash, brother of Charla Nash, who received a full face transplant at Brigham and Women's Hospital late last month, appeared at a press conference today with his wife, Kate. Charla Nash did not... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/third_american.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/third_american.html Brigham Womens Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:00:12 -0500 In a survey of 501 Mass. residents, 87 percent said the state should require 30 min. of physical activity each school day http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/poll_public_sup.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/poll_public_sup.html Public Health Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:00:00 -0500 Immigrant advocates had hoped for a quick decision, but the state plans to file a motion that would delay the process http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/thousands_of_le.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/thousands_of_le.html Mass Health Law Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:00:00 -0500 By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Schepens Eye Research Institute, both Harvard Medical School affiliates, have decided to merge, creating the largest private eye research organization in the world. The two institutions concluded, after... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/boston_eye_rese.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/boston_eye_rese.html Harvard University Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:24:55 -0500 Students must be cleared by a doctor before playing again after a concussion. http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/state_public_he_1.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/state_public_he_1.html Public Health Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:15:00 -0500 By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. will announce this afternoon a partnership with leading Boston-area hospitals, medical schools, and universities -- in a novel attempt to address a major hurdle in medicine: the years-long gap between... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/pfizer_investin.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/pfizer_investin.html Beth Israel Deaconess Boston University Brigham Womens Childrens DanaFarber Harvard University Mass General Tufts Medical Center Tufts University UMass Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:41:47 -0500 Insurance brokers face a declining role - BIDMC and Lahey talk about a merger - Psychedelic drugs as treatment - Steward expansion in RI - Oral arguments on ACA http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/daily_check_up_36.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/daily_check_up_36.html Affordable Care Act Beth Israel Deaconess Lahey Steward Wed, 08 Jun 2011 08:10:00 -0500 By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff The Lahey Clinic and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, two respected academic medical centers, are the latest Massachusetts hospitals to open merger discussions. Dr. Howard Grant, president of Lahey in Burlington, recently proposed that the... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/lahey_and_beth.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/lahey_and_beth.html Beth Israel Deaconess Lahey Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:21:31 -0500 Kennedy's One Mind for Research - Nurse Louise and readmissions - States drag their feet on health exchanges - The rise of the nocturnist http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/daily_check_up_35.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/daily_check_up_35.html Affordable Care Act Boston Medical Center Mass Health Law Tue, 07 Jun 2011 08:26:00 -0500 Employees must prove they are immune or stay home from work http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/measles_screeni.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/measles_screeni.html Public Health Mon, 06 Jun 2011 20:03:00 -0500 Emergency room visits are up overall but down slightly among the poor and previously uninsured patients with more minor conditions http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/bidmc_study_fin.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/bidmc_study_fin.html Beth Israel Deaconess Mass Health Law Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:33:00 -0500 Face transplant patient Mitch Hunter traveled home Saturday http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/a_new_face_a_ne.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2011/06/a_new_face_a_ne.html Brigham Womens Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:40:00 -0500