Health Headlines
Are Psych Patients Stagnating in the ER?
Are Psych Patients Stagnating in the ER? Short answer: yes. Longer answer: according to a new study out in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, patients […]
Llama Therapy: Not as Weird as it Sounds
Llama Therapy: Not as Weird as it Sounds. You know the concept of a therapy dog, right? Furry animal brings comfort and joy to the […]
Mass. Hospitals Cutting Back on Schedule-a-Birth C-Sections
Mass. Hospitals Cutting Back on Schedule-a-Birth C-Sections. After nine of what have to be the single most inconvenient, uncomfortable months of a woman’s life, it’s […]
UMass Studies Give Daily Standing, Well … Standing Ovation
UMass Studies Give Daily Standing, Well … Standing Ovation. Yet another nail in the coffin that is your chair comes by way of a New […]
Romneycare 2.0: Pulling a 180
Romneycare 2.0: Pulling a 180. In light of continued reports and opinions that his original Massachusetts healthcare plan (universal care and all) has been working […]
South End Infectious Disease Lab: “Like It’s a Lady in Waiting”
South End Infectious Disease Lab: “Like It’s a Lady in Waiting.” Things have still not progressed too far for the beleaguered Boston University National Emerging […]
Mass. Hospitals to Patients: New Plan — We're Sorry, Please Don't Sue
Mass. Hospitals to Patients: New Plan — We’re Sorry, Please Don’t Sue. Seven different Massachusetts hospitals are embarking on a new plan to both curtail […]
Sex Week, the Harvard Way
Sex Week, the Harvard Way. In the midst of a national battle over contraception and women’s rights, local universities like Harvard and Yale are taking […]
Medical Bills No Longer Have Anything to do With Reality
Medical Bills No Longer Have Anything to do With Reality. Imagine this: You go into a coffeeshop to buy a cup of coffee. When it […]
Confirmed: Mess With Your Sleep, Mess With Your Health
Confirmed: Mess With Your Sleep, Mess With Your Health. Try to beat the clock and push your schedule as much as you want, but you’re […]
Pay Your Taxes, Risk a Car Wreck?
Pay Your Taxes, Risk a Car Wreck? Love paying taxes? Yeah, us too. So allow us to add a side of injury to your serving […]
CDC: Teen Birth Rates Lower in New England Than Anywhere Else in Nation
CDC: Teen Birth Rates Lower in New England Than Anywhere Else in Nation. The Centers for Disease Control have just released their report of the […]
Go to a Bargain Hospital … Get What You Pay For
Go to a Bargain Hospital … Get What You Pay For. Cutting costs is all the rage right now in medicine, and research in the […]
Shocker: Nantucket, MV Full of Happy Healthy People Living the Dream
Shocker: Nantucket, MV Full of Happy Healthy People Living the Dream. So it turns out, according to a new report out from the Wisconsin Population […]
BPA Can Stay In Cans of Food, At Least For Now, Says FDA
BPA Can Stay In Cans of Food, At Least For Now, Says FDA. The Food and Drug Administration this weekend announced that it would not […]