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  • NARAL reeling from Obama endorsement 17 May 2008 00:30 GMT
    ... quickly organized press conference to tout her abortion-rights record Wednesday night. Ellen Malcolm, founder of ... of NARAL's 25 state affiliates -- Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Texas, Oregon and ... the contraception pill could be dispensed over the counter ...

  • State Watch - Malpractice Coverage Rates For Massachusetts Physicians Lower Now Than in 1990s, Study Find 16 May 2008 20:35 GMT
    ... State Watch | Malpractice Coverage Rates For Massachusetts Physicians Lower Now Than in 1990s, Study ... at Suffolk University's Law School, led by health policy scholar Marc Rodwin, examined data on ... study found that physicians who specialized in obstetrics/gynecology, neurological surgery and orthopedics involving spinal surgery, ...

  • New Data Support High Complete Remission Rates With VELCADE(R) (Bortezomib) for Injection Based Therapies in Patients Wi 16 May 2008 19:57 GMT
    ... Women of childbearing potential should avoid becoming pregnant while being treated with VELCADE. Cases of severe ... 2008, NewsBlaze, Tags: Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Biotechnology, Health, , massachusetts New Data Support High Complete Remission Rates ...

  • BUYINS.NET: AVTI, BSLM, CLXS, LGDI, IECM, RDSMY Have Also Been Removed From Naked Short List Today 16 May 2008 17:13 GMT
    ... proprietary hydrophilic polyurethane foam disposables fabricated for medical, diagnostics, dental, and consumer applications in the ... in 1986 and is based in Canton, Massachusetts. With 134.19 million shares outstanding and 306,400 ... the wood-processing industry; and ammonia and nitrogen fertilizers for grasslands and agricultural crops. This segment ...

  • HEALTHY KIDS: Pregnancy: A journey begins 16 May 2008 05:51 GMT
    ... a family look forward to their first pregnancy with apprehensive excitement and a sense of ... your pregnancy, seek out and follow your obstetrician's good medical advice. r Pick a pediatrician ... Children's Hospital and is on staff at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children. He is married ...

  • UpClose: In sciences, female-faculty 'leak' begins early 16 May 2008 04:57 GMT
    ... — while assisting senior scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Through her laboratory stint, ... with taking time off from work for pregnancy or childcare. “Returning back to work after ... Shirley McCarthy, professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the medical school, said ...

  • A More Perfect Union 16 May 2008 04:51 GMT
    ... ast November the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled that excluding gay couples from civil ... communities. On certain social issues, such as abortion and homosexuality, people don't agree and probably ... might honor only certain aspects of them—say, medical power of attorney, or inheritance and tenancy ...

  • Universal coverage: The next frontier? 16 May 2008 04:04 GMT
    ... Medical professionals, public health experts, corporate benefits administrators and Health Secretary ... funding for Maryland’s Healthy Start program for pregnant women. The Bush administration has proposed new rules ... One place many states have looked is Massachusetts, which last year began requiring residents to ...

  • It's time to make these history 15 May 2008 21:55 GMT
    ... across that smoking is harmful to our health, but today it is universally acknowledged that ... where they quickly decompose giving you free fertilizer. You can water only when your lawn ... the North and South River Watershed Association, Massachusetts Bays Program, and several municipalities on the ...

  • FDA Defends BPA in Baby Bottles 15 May 2008 21:30 GMT
    ... not funded by industry, a variety of health problems have occurred in laboratory animals exposed ... profound effects on laboratory animals, particularly during pregnancy and infancy and that BPA can permanently rewire ... doing less,” Democratic Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts said. Senator Charles Schumer, a New York ...

  • COURTESY OF SENDURAI MANI 15 May 2008 20:39 GMT
    ... exploited to make stem cells for regenerative medicine and cancer therapies GOING MOBILE: Cells that ... rejection, said , a biologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Whitehead Institute for Biomedical ... migrate within the body. In the developing embryo, an initial group of epithelial cells undergoes ...

  • Adult Cells Steal Trick from Cancer to Become Stem Cell-Like 15 May 2008 20:39 GMT
    ... exploited to make stem cells for regenerative medicine and cancer therapies GOING MOBILE: Cells that ... rejection, said , a biologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Whitehead Institute for Biomedical ... migrate within the body. In the developing embryo, an initial group of epithelial cells undergoes ...

  • Bisphenol A linked to obesity in mice, study says 15 May 2008 19:13 GMT
    ... been exposed to Bisphenol A (BPA) while pregnant grew to be overweight in adulthood compared to ... Rubin, a neuroendocrinologist at Tufts University in Massachusetts and a member of the research team, ... to a variety of health complications, from fertility problems to some forms of cancer. ...

  • FDA Defends Safety of Chemical Used in Baby Bottles 15 May 2008 18:13 GMT
    ... Many studies have found a variety of health problems in laboratory animals exposed to BPA. ... doing less," Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts told Alderson. Sen. Charles Schumer, a New ... to cause neural and behavioral problems in fetuses, infants and children. Relying on animal studies, the ...

  • Embryonic pathway delivers stem cell traits 15 May 2008 16:58 GMT
    ... characteristics, offering potentially major implications for regenerative medicine and for cancer treatment. Some cancer cells ... programs that have lain dormant since the embryo stage, as the lab of Whitehead Member ... is also a professor of biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “One could imagine, for ...

  • Embryonic Pathways Induce Stem Cell Traits 15 May 2008 16:37 GMT
    ... Robert Weinberg, a professor of biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said in a prepared ... human body, bind in sheet-like structures. In embryonic development, the EMT process disrupts this adhesion and ... their tumor-initiating ability." The National Institutes of Health has more about SOURCE: Massachusetts Institute of ...

  • Modest Price Hikes In April 15 May 2008 15:58 GMT
    ... said Kenneth Beauchemin, an economist with the Massachusetts consulting firm Global Insight. That's little consolation ... higher energy costs raise the costs of fertilizer, using equipment and transporting products for farmers, ... gas and some other necessities, such as medical care, may help explain the lack of ...

  • Slow inflation in April 15 May 2008 14:53 GMT
    ... said Kenneth Beauchemin, an economist with the Massachusetts consulting firm Global Insight. That's little consolation ... higher energy costs raise the costs of fertilizer, using equipment and transporting products for farmers, ... gas and some other necessities, such as medical care, may help explain the lack of ...

  • Senate revives casino debate 15 May 2008 14:15 GMT
    ... proposal to license three resort-style casinos in Massachusetts. The Senate yesterday unveiled its $28.04 billion ... said concerns over the exploding cost of health care reform and uncertain revenue from new ... $400,000 for Northern Berkshire Community Coalition's teen pregnancy prevention programs in Pittsfield and North Adams $150,000 ...

  • MGH Participates In First-Of-Its-Kind Healthcare Equality Index 15 May 2008 10:35 GMT
    ... Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is proud to announce ... of baseline standards of patient care and health care employee rights for GLBT Americans. The ... than 35,000 operations and the MGH Vincent Obstetrics Service delivers more than 3,500 babies each ...

  • Emergency planning groups practice with fake storm, real people 15 May 2008 07:32 GMT
    ... participants in a storm simulation at the Massachusetts Military Reservation prepared for the worst. Not ... of simulated ailments and situations. One was pregnant. Another had a broken leg. A third ... the room for registration, translation services and medical attention. Most of the cadets were escorted ...

  • Except for food, gas, April inflation was tame 15 May 2008 05:20 GMT
    ... said Kenneth Beauchemin, an economist with the Massachusetts consulting firm Global Insight. That's little consolation ... higher energy costs raise the costs of fertilizer, using equipment and transporting products for farmers, ... gas and some other necessities, such as medical care, may help explain the lack of ...

  • Study ranks Vermont first in well-being 15 May 2008 04:43 GMT
    ... study are all New England states, with Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire following ... terms of tax burden." Vermont Department of Health Commissioner Sharon Moffatt credited the collective health ... the health of children. "Ninety percent of pregnant women in Vermont get to see a doctor ...

  • Genetic tests to go mainstream? 15 May 2008 00:56 GMT
    ... to make more decisions, you need up-to-date health advice. • Some who potentially could benefit ... robust than those of all states except Massachusetts and South Dakota, he said. GINA has ... long been used to diagnose problems in fetuses and screen newborns for inherited diseases, but the ...

  • Genetic tests to go mainstream 15 May 2008 00:49 GMT
    ... to make more decisions, you need up-to-date health advice. • Some who potentially could benefit ... robust than those of all states except Massachusetts and South Dakota, he said. GINA has ... long been used to diagnose problems in fetuses and screen newborns for inherited diseases, but the ...

  • Vital Signs: Genetic testing poised for big expansion with new law in place 15 May 2008 00:32 GMT
    ... to make more decisions, you need up-to-date health advice. • Some who potentially could benefit ... robust than those of all states except Massachusetts and South Dakota, he said. GINA has ... long been used to diagnose problems in fetuses and screen newborns for inherited diseases, but the ...

  • Genetic testing poised for big expansion with new law in place 15 May 2008 00:30 GMT
    ... to make more decisions, you need up-to-date health advice. • Some who potentially could benefit ... robust than those of all states except Massachusetts and South Dakota, he said. GINA has ... long been used to diagnose problems in fetuses and screen newborns for inherited diseases, but the ...

  • Think Twice Before You Give to the Door-to-Door Cancer Research Canvassers 14 May 2008 22:48 GMT
    ... cell research and denies the connection between abortion and breast cancer as well as the ... as well as the connection between chemical contraception and breast cancer, has given significant sums ... Association for Cancer Research," received $2.5 million. Massachusetts General Hospital Research, whose website states that ...

  • Gains -- and Disappointments -- Mark Massachusetts' Health Experiment 14 May 2008 22:11 GMT
    ... So far, Massachusetts' bold health care initiative is showing mixed results. The ... launched in June with the data on obstetrical services, physician office visits, high-volume surgical procedures ...

  • Baby-bottle chemicals 'could make children obese for life', say scientists 14 May 2008 22:10 GMT
    ... to breast cancer, early puberty, miscarriage and infertility. The latest finding is likely to strengthen ... oestrogen-like chemical. Researchers from Tufts University in Massachusetts implicated bisphenol A in obesity after tracking ... had been exposed to the chemical while pregnant and nursing them. They found the babies put ...

  • A Wolf at the Turntable 14 May 2008 20:38 GMT
    ... tales of his formative years in Western Massachusetts. The outcome is immediate and cinematic. "There's ... without that honey to ease the harsh medicine of his accounts of abuse and psychological ... mother played her albums when she was pregnant with me, so perhaps that helps to ...

  • Fairfield St. family celebrates a happy Mother's Day 14 May 2008 19:49 GMT
    ... of six identical twin or multiple fetus pregnancies. The shared placenta usually contains abnormal blood ... “They try their best to preserve your fertility,” he says. “But they also tell you ... problem was the treatment wasn't available in Massachusetts. With staff at Brigham & Women's Hospital ...

  • Community Notes (May 16) 14 May 2008 19:49 GMT
    ... from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Brighton Marine Health Center, third floor, 77 Warren St. Brighton. ... program of the Family Nurturing Center of Massachusetts WIC. Cara (Irish for friend) invites Brighton ... their “Fitness and Nutrition for Youth” program. Pregnancy Help-Boston; Outreach Ministry of the Pro-Life Office of ...

  • FDA defends safety of baby bottle chemical 14 May 2008 19:48 GMT
    ... Many studies have found a variety of health problems in laboratory animals exposed to BPA. ... doing less," Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts told Alderson. Sen. Charles Schumer, a New ... to cause neural and behavioral problems in fetuses, infants and children. Relying on animal studies, the ...

  • Fate Therapeutics Taps Successful Biotech CEOs Paul Grayson and John Mendlein for Leadership Team 14 May 2008 18:28 GMT
    ... physiology or damaged tissue with "renewed" cellular health. Fate's ground-breaking and proprietary therapeutic reprogramming engine ... the human body and does not require embryonic stem cells from humans or any other animal. ... and Co-Founder, Harvard Stem Cell Institute; Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Regenerative Medicine, has ...


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