Boston hospitals have dealt with emergency department closures, police investigations and hundreds of media requests as they treat patients injured during Monday's explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. FULL STORY »
By Jaimy Lee and Associated Press | April 15, 2013
| Basic Web
Seven Boston area hospitals were treating at least 143 patients who were injured in the explosions that occurred earlier Monday at the Boston Marathon. At least three people had died. FULL STORY »
Thermo Fisher Scientific, a Waltham, Mass.-based life-sciences firm and manufacturer of scientific equipment, said it will acquire genetic-test firm Life Technologies in a $13.6 billion deal. FULL STORY »
Congressional investigators say pharmacy boards in nearly all 50 states lack the information and expertise to oversee specialty pharmacies like the one tied to a deadly meningitis outbreak last year. FULL STORY »
By Dr. Peter D. Goldbach | April 06, 2013
| Print Magazine
People's lives today are full of choices. They know what they like. They know what matters to them. They trust their judgment and check with their gut. But when it comes to choices related to their health, they could use a little help. FULL STORY »
The presidents of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Lahey Clinic told employees and affiliates Wednesday they are in preliminary talks with each other and three doctors groups about an alliance that could rival Partners HealthCare in scale and reach. FULL STORY »
NewVantage Partners, a Boston-based consulting firm that advises executives on data and analytics for business solutions, has named Carl Ascenzo partner and leader of its newly launched healthcare practice. FULL STORY »
Draft rules for medical use of marijuana in Massachusetts, issued Friday by the state Department of Public Health, largely leave it up to doctors to decide which patients will qualify for treatment with the drug. FULL STORY »
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