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Komen exec quits after Planned Parenthood flap

2012-02-07T15:29:54Z

A vice president at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure resigned Tuesday, saying the breast cancer charity should have stood by its politically explosive decision to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood.

Hospital’s Medicare billing examined

2012-02-06T04:52:33Z

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has responded to a subpoena from the Department of Justice and Office of the Inspector General regarding its billing of Medicare for short-stay hospital admissions. The federal government is investigating whether the hospital admitted patients who should have been cared for as outpatients for less money. This is an area of increasing scrutiny by the federal government, in part because there is a lot of money at stake.

Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grants

2012-02-03T16:40:04Z

The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity on Friday abandoned plans to eliminate grants to Planned Parenthood. The startling decision came after three days of virulent criticism that resounded across the Internet, jeopardizing Komen's iconic image.

Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grants

2012-02-03T07:50:21Z

For leaders of the nation's pre-eminent breast-cancer charity, it was a firestorm they didn't see coming -- and couldn't withstand.

The skilled hands of a lost husband hold out hope for a tenacious artist

2012-02-02T04:33:41Z

Steven Lloyd was unexpectedly stricken by a massive brain hemorrhage in October, on the day before his 44th birthday. As he lay dying in the hospital, the New England Organ Bank called his wife at their New Hampshire home with a special request: Did she want to donate her husband’s hands? Within days, doctors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital transplanted Lloyd’s hands and lower arms onto Richard Mangino, who had lost his forearms, as well as his lower legs, to a terrible bloodstream infection.

Pfizer recalls 1M birth control packs after mix-up

2012-02-01T12:09:47Z

Birth control pills are known to be nearly 100 percent effective when taken properly, but a recall of the drugs could send a shudder through women of childbearing age.

Waning hope, a 6-organ transplant, life anew

2012-02-01T04:40:14Z

A 9-year-old Maine girl will leave Children’s Hospital Boston today, three months after transplant surgeons replaced five of her abdominal organs and her esophagus to save her from a rare and aggressive cancer. The finger-like tendrils of the tumor - which entwined the organs in tangles - required one of the most extensive transplant surgeries ever performed in the region. Alannah Shevenell, of Hollis, Maine, received an esophagus, liver, stomach, spleen, pancreas, and small intestine.

The super healthy bowl

2012-01-31T19:04:44Z

We’re not here to dampen any enthusiasm with a dreary spread of good-for-you Super Bowl snacks. But we decided to see if it’s possible to take a menu that’s practically written in stone and tweak it with healthy accents.

Long-term health consequences to being born prematurely?

2012-01-30T01:44:13Z

Several studies worldwide have been following infants born prematurely into childhood and adulthood, and are beginning to yield results.

Medical spas are booming

2012-01-30T01:24:38Z

They offer a variety of spa services using medical devices, and they are growing in popularity. But it’s up to the client to ask the right questions.

Menopause: How ‘the change’ has changed

2012-01-23T01:43:53Z

For Shelley, menopause was not the gentle life transition it is for many, nor a time in which various symptoms, inconvenient but transient, occurred.

A diminished presence

2011-11-13T03:24:59Z

Alzheimer’s has quickened its pace, snatching from Vincent more abilities than it had since his diagnosis three years earlier. But his humor and selfless core endure.

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