Gov. Baker Puts Forth Plan To Overhaul MassHealth By Checking Employer Coverage
MassHealth is the state program that provides health coverage to more than a quarter of the state's residents.
View ArticleBaker: Senate GOP Health Plan Would Cause 'Significant' Cuts
A spokeswoman for Baker says an initial review finds that the Senate bill falls short of the governor's expectations for reform.
View ArticleStudy: Key Ingredient In Red Yeast Rice Supplements Varies More Than 100-Fold
A new study warns that you cannot know how much of a key ingredient, monacolin K, is in the red yeast rice supplement pills advertised as a natural way to lower cholesterol.
View ArticleDoctors And Lawmakers Say Senate's Proposed Medicaid Cuts Put Child Health...
The Senate's plan to replace Obamacare would cut funding for Medicaid and other health insurance subsidies by more than $1 billion a year within five years.
View ArticleDear Jeff Bezos, Please Help Save My Patients' Lives By Cutting Whole Foods...
Some of Dr. Elisabeth Poorman's patients live near Whole Foods in what she calls a "food desert of plenty," with plenty of healthy foods in walking distance but economically out of reach.
View ArticleMigraine Study: Light Does More Than Just Make The Headache Worse
Migraine patients who instinctively avoid light have new reason to: A study finds it contributes to unpleasant emotions and physical symptoms, but green light may be better for some.
View ArticleBaker Says 264,000 Mass. Residents Would Lose Health Coverage Under Senate...
Under the GOP proposal, Baker says the state would lose $907 million in 2020, with the annual fiscal impact climbing to $1.7 billion in 2024.
View ArticleWho Wins, Who Loses Under The Republican Health Care Proposals
We break down how proposals from Republicans in the House and Senate would change health care coverage for nine key groups of people.
View ArticleProgress On Psoriasis, From 'Last In Line' To Often First, But At A Price
After 40 years of psoriasis treatments from tar to cortisone shots, a writer sees progress as new -- but very pricey -- drugs called biologics target the disease.
View ArticleLatest On How Humans, Like Bats, Use Echolocation To Find Their Way Without...
Using echoed sounds to find their way is something that bats do, dolphins do and some blind humans do surprisingly well, too.
View ArticleBrain Music: How 'Fly Me To The Moon' Can Explain Your Brain On Anesthesia
Our new ability to understand the brain’s “music” by tracking your brainwaves in the operating room can take the guesswork out of figuring out how much anesthetic to give you, says Dr. Patrick Purdon...
View ArticleNo Tropical Paradise: Urban 'Heat Islands' Are Hotbeds For Health Problems
Most of the city of Chelsea is a heat island, meaning temperatures are consistently hotter than average. For residents of these islands, health risks rise with the heat.
View ArticleIncrease In Health Care Costs Slowing, But Mass. Still Among Most Expensive...
The cost of going to the doctor or hospital is not rising as fast in Massachusetts as it has in the past, but the state is still among the most expensive in the country for care.
View Article$10M Harvard, Children's Hospital Center To Delve Into What Made Our Brains...
The center will try to find answers in our genes, and its work may yield clues to disorders like autism as well.
View ArticlePsychopaths: Cold Blood Or Broken Circuit? Inmate Brain Scans Find New Flaws
A new study suggests that perhaps, at the heart of the pathology of psychopaths, is a brain that's poor at generating simulations, whether of other people's feelings or of the future.
View ArticleCiting Health Deal, Business Leaders Tell Baker To Send State Budget Back
The issue: health care, and a deal Baker and employers spent months negotiating.
View ArticleFAQ: How Would The Republican Health Care Bills Affect You?
The bills under consideration in Congress would make big changes in health care coverage and costs for millions of people. This searchable FAQ provides answers to key questions on where, how and why.
View ArticleTufts Medical Center Nurses Go On Strike
More than 1,200 Tufts nurses planned to be out for just one day. But the hospital says anyone who didn't report for work Wednesday would be locked out until Monday morning.
View ArticleTufts Nurses Strike After Months Of Failed Contract Negotiations
More than 1,200 nurses at Tufts Medical Center went on strike Wednesday after 15 months of failed contract negotiations.
View ArticleTufts Nurses Strike Is Now A Lockout
The hospital had said anyone who didn't report for work Wednesday would be locked out until Monday morning because it needed to schedule its replacement nurses for five days.
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