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Wed, 30 May 2012 18:04:55 -0400 systems@heraldinteractive.com (Web Developers) 120 http://cache.heraldinteractive.com/images/siteImages/rss_logo.jpg http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/?srvc=rss 100 48 The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061135161&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061135161&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061135161&srvc=rss Investors hammered Vertex Pharmaceuticals yesterday after the Cambridge company revealed it had overstated results... business/healthcare Tue, 29 May 2012 22:21:23 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061135077&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061135077&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061135077&srvc=rss Massachusetts lawmakers have prided themselves on being first in the nation, especially when it comes to health... business/healthcare Tue, 29 May 2012 13:34:08 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061135050&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061135050&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061135050&srvc=rss Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. plunged today after the company said it made a mistake in calculating results... business/healthcare Tue, 29 May 2012 11:49:33 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061135034&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061135034&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061135034&srvc=rss Sanofi company Genzyme and Isis Pharmaceuticals said today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted a... business/healthcare Tue, 29 May 2012 10:50:30 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061134999&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061134999&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061134999&srvc=rss WASHINGTON - Women who are past menopause and healthy should not take hormone replacement therapy in hopes of warding... business/healthcare Tue, 29 May 2012 08:51:57 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061134282&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061134282&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061134282&srvc=rss WASHINGTON - In a momentary flash of bipartisanship, the Senate approved legislation that would allow Americans... business/healthcare Fri, 25 May 2012 12:19:12 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061134263&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061134263&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061134263&srvc=rss Vertex Pharmaceuticals said today it secured a key approval from a European panel for its cystic fibrosis treatment... business/healthcare Fri, 25 May 2012 10:33:28 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061134080&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061134080&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061134080&srvc=rss Massachusetts senators have passed a budget amendment that would keep a state psychiatric hospital in Taunton open,... business/healthcare Thu, 24 May 2012 17:31:53 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061133818&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061133818&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061133818&srvc=rss WASHINGTON - A majority of Food and Drug Administration panelists voted against a new use for Johnson & Johnson's... business/healthcare Wed, 23 May 2012 17:54:16 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061133469&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061133469&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061133469&srvc=rss BOSTON -- The federal government has approved $628 million to support a Massachusetts plan for improving care... business/healthcare Tue, 22 May 2012 11:48:28 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061133410&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061133410&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061133410&srvc=rss DURHAM, N.C. - The national medical panel that set off a firestorm last year with draft recommendations advising... business/healthcare Tue, 22 May 2012 08:40:43 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061133219&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061133219&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061133219&srvc=rss NEW YORK - Roman Catholic dioceses, schools and other groups sued the Obama administration today in eight states... business/healthcare Mon, 21 May 2012 20:34:52 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061133243&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061133243&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061133243&srvc=rss CONCORD, N.H. - The president of a bankrupt dental chain that abruptly closed offices in 13 states last year has... business/healthcare Mon, 21 May 2012 13:36:40 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061133127&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061133127&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061133127&srvc=rss BOSTON -- Massachusetts residents can now get more than just flu shots at the neighborhood pharmacy. A new... business/healthcare Mon, 21 May 2012 06:42:18 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061133108&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061133108&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061133108&srvc=rss ATLANTA - Half the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that... business/healthcare Mon, 21 May 2012 02:07:13 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061133025&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061133025&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061133025&srvc=rss With access to primary care at the heart of the Legislature's health care cost control efforts, the Senate on Thursday... business/healthcare Sun, 20 May 2012 18:05:42 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061132543&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061132543&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061132543&srvc=rss ATLANTA - For the first time, health officials are proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C. Anyone... business/healthcare Fri, 18 May 2012 13:19:13 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061132345&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061132345&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061132345&srvc=rss NATICK - Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. said today it received U.S. approval for a new type of stent... business/healthcare Thu, 17 May 2012 18:09:31 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061132239&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061132239&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061132239&srvc=rss BOSTON - Children's Hospital Boston is changing its name to what everybody calls it anyway. The hospital says... business/healthcare Thu, 17 May 2012 08:26:21 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061132037&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061132037&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061132037&srvc=rss NEW YORK - Using only her thoughts, a Massachusetts woman paralyzed for 15 years directed a robotic arm to... business/healthcare Wed, 16 May 2012 14:51:14 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061131712&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061131712&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061131712&srvc=rss SAVANNAH, Ga. - A Georgia woman fighting a rare flesh-eating disease is alert and bored enough to ask... business/healthcare Tue, 15 May 2012 15:21:06 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061131778&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061131778&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061131778&srvc=rss Senate Democrats on Tuesday turned back Republican efforts to postpone debate on a health care cost containment... business/healthcare Tue, 15 May 2012 14:25:13 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061131776&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061131776&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061131776&srvc=rss NEW YORK - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said Tuesday the Food and Drug Administration approved a new manufacturing... business/healthcare Tue, 15 May 2012 14:17:13 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061131737&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061131737&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061131737&srvc=rss Gov. Deval L. Patrick told Boston business leaders this morning that by the time he returns to speak to them again... business/healthcare Tue, 15 May 2012 11:39:30 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061131692&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061131692&format=comments#CommentsArea&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1061131692&srvc=rss WASHINGTON - The clock is ticking: The first National Alzheimer's Plan sets a deadline of 2025 to finally find... business/healthcare Tue, 15 May 2012 08:23:01 -0400