http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health Find the latest health and fitness news, plus exercise tips, and a guide to Boston gyms on Boston.com. en-us 2007-11-18T22:31:40Z http://www.boston.com/ http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/File-Based_Image_Resource/bcom_logo_140w.gif http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/articles/2007/10/29/the_power_of_music?rss_id=Health Dan Ellsey, 33, was sitting in his wheelchair in a soulless room at Tewksbury Hospital, his virtually useless arms and weak torso strapped to the chair for safety. Judy Foreman 2007-10-29T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/articles/2007/10/22/mit_to_study_genes_role_in_mental_illness?rss_id=Health MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research will announce today that it has received $20 million to help crack the biological basis of serious mental illness. Carey Goldberg, Globe Staff 2007-10-22T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/articles/2007/10/22/scientists_try_to_build_a_better_womb_for_ivf?rss_id=Health In a University of Tokyo laboratory, a pipette-wielding technician delicately positions 10 mouse eggs on a razor-thin microchip lined with a "bed" of cultured uterus tissue. Sharon Guynup, Globe Correspondent 2007-10-22T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/articles/2007/10/01/let_the_post_diet_era_begin?rss_id=Health Is permanent, significant weight loss really possible? If you're talking merely 10 to 20 pounds - and nobody knows the actual figure - you probably can diet and exercise your way to a svelter self and stay there, provided you stick with your weight control program rigorously. Forever. Judy Foreman 2007-10-01T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/diseases/articles/2007/09/24/blue_cross_patient_initiative?rss_id=Health Excerpts from the Globe's blog on the Boston-area medical community. A new organization funded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts is planning a multi-year patient safety initiative directed at consumers. The Partnership for Healthcare Excellence, a coalition that includes consumer groups, doctors and nurses, and business organizations, expects to launch an advertising campaign this year that encourages patients ... 2007-09-24T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/other/articles/2007/06/18/countdown_to_coverage?rss_id=Health More than 135,000 Massachusetts residents who were previously uninsured have gotten free or subsidized coverage under the state's landmark health insurance law. The initiative established Massachusetts as the first state to require every resident to have coverage. An estimated 250,000 to 350,000 people remain uninsured. The law mandated the expansion of Medicaid and the establishment of new state-subsidized insurance and ... Alice Dembner, Globe Staff 2007-06-18T04:00:00Z