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For quality, it’s hard to top veterans’ care
Fixing the noisy hospital
The clamor of modern medicine can actually make us worse. So how do you write a prescription for shhh? By Drake Bennett | May 30, 2010 Close your eyes and… Read more »
Perfume Bans Catching On
The perfume industry is not regulated by any government agency and is not required to disclose the ingredients in perfume, cologne, or "fragrance" added to personal care and cleaning products.1… Read more »
Playing hardball with hospitals
THE FAILURE of the state’s insurers to hold down reimbursements to doctors and hospitals is a chief reason behind skyrocketing increases in health costs. The insurers’ effort now to strike… Read more »
Minnesota Nurses Prepare for One Day Strike – Largest Nurses Strike in US History
By Nellie Munn May 28, 2010 Twelve thousand nurses in the Twin Cities are fending off a well-coordinated attack by corporate health care interests to diminish the power of our… Read more »
Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 and mortality in the United Kingdom: risk factors for death, April 2009 to March 2010
Pandemic Vaccines — The Legal Landscape
Vaccination Recommendations & Requirements and Reporting Requirements of MA DPH and OSHA
Below is the most current information about vaccination recommendations & requirements and reporting requirements of both the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and OSHA. Note that most of these are… Read more »
The Cranberry Scoop
Insurers paying doctors faster, despite inefficiency
By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff | May 26, 2010 US health insurers are paying doctors seven days faster, on average, and denying 12 to 18 percent fewer claims than last… Read more »
