http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/ en-us Copyright 2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:03:36 -0500 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:10:27 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss By Stephanie S. Daly, Globe Correspondent State public health officials today announced the deaths of two people from swine flu, including a child under the age of four, underscoring the vulnerability that young people appear to have to the unusual... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/a_child_is_one.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/a_child_is_one.html Public Health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:03:36 -0500 By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff Advanced Cell Technology Inc., the Worcester stem cell company that has struggled financially, announced today it has filed its first investigational new drug application with the US Food and Drug Administration. The federal agency... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/worcester_compa.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/worcester_compa.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500 By Stephen Smith Somewhere in Massachusetts this week, the state's millionth dose of swine flu vaccine should arrive. Public health authorities announced today that with an allotment of shots and spray Tuesday, the state had received or ordered 1,020,000 doses... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/mass_getting_mi.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/mass_getting_mi.html Public Health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:23:15 -0500 By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff She began guarding the public's health when Jimmy Carter was president and Michael S. Dukakis was in his first term as governor. Nancy Ridley has ridden herd over laboratory safety, food and drug safety, radiation... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/public_health_s.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/public_health_s.html Public Health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:51:28 -0500 A program that helps 34,000 laid-off Massachusetts workers pay for health insurance would not be on the verge of insolvency if the state had collected the correct tax from employers who fund the program, according to a report released today.... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/a_fund_that_hel.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/a_fund_that_hel.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:40:17 -0500 Dr. Kenneth Baughman, a Brigham and Women's Hospital cardiologist from Newton, died at age 63 after being struck by a car while jogging Monday morning in Florida, where he had traveled to attend a medical conference. (Courtesy: Brigham and... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/brigham_cardiol.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/brigham_cardiol.html Brigham Womens Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:11:26 -0500 By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff An influential scientific panel today jolted widely accepted beliefs about breast cancer screening, recommending that women in their 40s forgo routine mammograms and that older women undergo the test every other year instead of annually.... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/delay_routine_m.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/delay_routine_m.html DanaFarber Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:08:36 -0500 By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff The surgery training program at Massachusetts General Hospital has been put on probation by a national accrediting organization. The unusual action carries no penalties, but candidates may have second thoughts about applying to a program... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/mass_general_su_1.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/mass_general_su_1.html Mass General Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:15:25 -0500 More than a million low-income Massachusetts residents covered by Medicaid will be required to pay more for doctor visits and receive prior approval for some medications under a plan announced today by the Patrick administration to begin to close a... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/low_income_resi.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/low_income_resi.html Mass Health Law Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:07:02 -0500 Things go better with Coke, the old slogan used to say, but a Harvard nutrition researcher known for battling the obesity epidemic isn't buying it. The American Academy of Family Physicians, which represents more than 94,000 family doctors across the... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/a_harvard_nutri.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/a_harvard_nutri.html Harvard University Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:43:20 -0500 Two powerful health care interest groups yesterday urged lawmakers constructing a sweeping health care overhaul to focus on cost containment and affordability. "So, with the Stupak-Pitts amendment hanging from it like an albatross, a bill was passed that would cover... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/todays_globe_he_48.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/todays_globe_he_48.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:08:44 -0500 By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff Swine flu has killed at least 540 children nationally since emerging in the United States last April, according to federal estimates released today that provide compelling evidence that the novel virus is causing serious illness... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/540_children_ha.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/540_children_ha.html Public Health Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:14:45 -0500 A cardiologist at Lahey Clinic said he was fired for resisting pressure from two top physicians at the hospital to use stents made by device giant Medtronic Inc., even though the company’s stents might not have been best for some... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/todays_globe_la_1.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/todays_globe_la_1.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:02:06 -0500 A prominent figure in diabetes research is leaving the National Institutes of Health to lead patient care and research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and its hospital partner. Dr. David Harlan, who heads the diabetes branch at the... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/nih_diabetes_le.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/nih_diabetes_le.html UMass Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:08:26 -0500 Massachusetts officials are closely monitoring an abortion funding ban in the sweeping health care legislation before Congress to make sure that it does not restrict women’s access to abortion coverage in the state. The top executive of French drug maker... http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/todays_globe_ab_3.html http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/11/todays_globe_ab_3.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:55:53 -0500