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State has health company hearings

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:13:16 -0500

State officials are so frustrated by the rising cost of health insurance they are getting ready to flex some legislative muscle and intervene on behalf of strapped consumers. ...

FDA warns Genzyme

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:50:25 -0500

Federal regulators warned yesterday that foreign particles have been found in five drugs made by Cambridge biotechnology giant Genzyme Corp., including its best-selling Cerezyme. ...

Mrs. Obama: health overhaul will help older women

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:05:29 -0500

WASHINGTON - First lady Michelle Obama sought to assure older women on Friday that efforts to overhaul health care won't undercut the benefits they receive through Medicare,...

Blue Cross reports net loss as health insurers take hit

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:27:04 -0500

It's shaping up to be a very difficult year for the state's health insurance providers. Between the economic downturn that battered investments, the hard-hitting...

FDA finds bits of steel, rubber in Genzyme drugs

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:37:04 -0500

Federal health regulators warned today that tiny foreign particles have been found in five drugs produced by Cambridge biotechnology firm Genzyme. The Food and Drug Administration...

Swiss OK Novartis swine flu vaccine from cells

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:54:34 -0500

BASEL, Switzerland - Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG said today it has received regulatory approval in Switzerland for a swine flu vaccine produced using cell cultures...

Doctors create gum that helps promote tooth health

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:51:02 -0500

LEXINGTON, Ky. - With the help of a gum chomping machine and years of careful chemistry, University of Kentucky researchers have developed a chewing gum that can help replace...

Broad scientists NOTCH another success

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:43:07 -0500

An Innovative chemical staple that can hold up human cells in their three-dimensional states has opened doors into a new field of cancer-fighting research, scientists at the...

4 kidneys swapped in bellybutton surgery

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:16:14 -0500

BALTIMORE - University of Maryland Medical Center surgeons have transplanted four kidneys through the patients' belly buttons. The patients and surgeon Matthew Cooper...

Official: Mass. in line for $160M for Social Security error

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:29:53 -0500

Massachusetts is owed $160 million from the federal government for a little-known Social Security policy that's been erroneously overlooked for 35 years, according to...