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Massachusetts Ranked Healthiest State for Women and Children

New England states have reason to celebrate today. In a new ranking of the healthiest states for women, infants, and children, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, […]

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Uber Doesn’t Want Anyone to Miss a Medical Appointment Again

First there was Uber, then UberX, then UberPool. Now, a totally new service is joining Uber’s arsenal. The ride sharing company is stepping into the […]

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Chronic Fatigue Patients Fight for Research, Funding, and Recognition

On Tuesday, in 25 cities around the world, myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) patients and allies will raise the voices they feel they’ve been denied for decades. […]

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30 Years Later, Massachusetts Couple Rides In Bike Race Where They Met

In 1986, Carolyn Rafferty arrived at her first Autumn Escape Bike Trek, a fundraising event for the American Lung Association. She didn’t know where she […]

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Perkins School for the Blind Launches Public Transportation App

Imagine standing at what you thought was a bus stop, only to have the bus blow past you. That’s an experience Joann Becker is all […]

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Quincy Named One of America’s Healthiest Places to Live

Newton won some bragging rights this week, landing a spot in Money magazine’s annual “Best Places to Live in America” report. But, not to be outdone, another […]

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This May Be the Craziest Way to Miss Qualifying for the Boston Marathon

Qualifying for the Boston Marathon is notoriously difficult. Marathon runners miss the brisk cut off time for many reasons—exhaustion, poor training, waiting for a train […]

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Bostonians May Now Use 311 for Substance Abuse Support

Boston’s 311 service is used for reporting all manner of non-emergency issues—some important, and others less so. The city is rolling out a new functionality […]

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The Sugar Industry Paid Off Harvard Researchers. Could It Happen Again?

The Sugar Research Foundation paid Harvard scientists to publish literature that minimized sugar’s connection to coronary heart disease, and instead cast doubts on saturated fat, […]

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Mayor Walsh Launches Memory Café for the Alzheimer’s Community

Each month, Bostonians struggling with Alzheimer’s will have a place to make new memories and protect the old. Mayor Walsh announced Monday that the city’s […]

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Governor Baker Unveils Safe Drug Disposal Program

Governor Charlie Baker announced Wednesday a new method of fighting opioid abuse—one that will hopefully help cut it off at the start. Thirteen Massachusetts Walgreens […]

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‘We Were Close’ to Hitting Healthcare Spending Target, but Missed Again

On the back of increasingly expensive prescription drugs, Massachusetts healthcare costs rose by 3.9 percent last year, reaching $57.2 billion in all and $8,424 per […]

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Expert Panel Releases Recommendations for Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative

A panel of experts unveiled Wednesday an ambitious 10-part plan for achieving a decade’s worth of progress against cancer in only half that time, by streamlining […]

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Massachusetts Is America’s Sixth-Least Obese State

Massachusetts takes a top spot in many of the various rankings that hit the Internet. But on Thursday, we placed near the bottom of a new […]

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Tufts Doctor to Direct NIH’s Pediatric and Maternal Health Research

A Boston doctor will soon oversee the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) efforts to improve the health, development, and wellbeing of mothers, children, and families […]