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Blacks are most obese group, study finds

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:08:01 -0400

ATLANTA - Nearly 36 percent of black Americans are obese - much more than other major racial or ethnic groups - and that gap exists in most states, a new federal study finds. About...

Health-care commission backs 'global payment' system

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:10:24 -0400

The state Commission to Reform Health Care Payments today voted unanimously to recommend that Massachusetts adopt a "global payment" system for health-care services. ...

Two Boston hospitals get high marks

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:49:46 -0400

A pair of Boston hospitals made it into the Top 10 of U.S. News & World Report's latest rankings of America's Best Hospitals. Massachusetts General Hospital...

Boston hospital sues state

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:57:35 -0400

BOSTON - Boston Medical Center has filed a lawsuit that claims the state illegally cut payments made to the hospital for treating low-income patients, putting the institution...

Merck and Schering-Plough settle heart drug claims

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:51:49 -0400

NEW YORK - Drugmakers Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. say they will pay $5.4 million to settle civil claims that the companies covered up test results that cast...

Stephen Lynch hit for failing to endorse health plan

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:14:32 -0400

U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch is starting to feel the heat from liberal groups as the debate over health-care reform picks up in Washington. The Service Employees International...

Senate panel gives 12-year exclusivity to biotech drugs

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:54:00 -0400

Biotechnology companies are cheering a U.S. Senate committee decision that would give them 12 years before they have to share their drug data with competitors. "Last...

Study: 1918 flu survivors seem immune to swine flu

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:39:44 -0400

WASHINGTON - The way swine flu multiplies in the respiratory system is more severe than ordinary winter flu, a new study in animals finds. Tests in monkeys, mice and ferrets...

Petition urges CVS to unlock condoms in stores nationwide

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:20:35 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Physician Sharon Lee knows the embarrassment of buying condoms. "I used to buy condoms myself, and it's not an easy thing to do," said...

Billerica co. tackles shortage of medical diagnostic isotope

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:12:22 -0400

A Billerica company has improved its "image" by finding a new source for medical isotopes that have been in short supply and expected to crimp testing at hospitals...

Charles Baker seen as healthy gov choice

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:17:59 -0400

People on all sides of the state's health-care reform effort say they're delighted that Charles Baker, the longtime leader of a private health insurance company,...

400 more workers vote to join union at Lynn hospital

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:20:44 -0400

Labor has won another major victory in its push to unionize Bay State health-care workers. A total of 400 workers at Lynn's Union Hospital, part of the giant Partners...

FDA: Cookie dough's E. coli strain differs from illness

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:57:14 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday the strain of E. coli found in a sample of raw cookie dough collected at a Nestle USA manufacturing plant does...