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Medicare Part D premiums rise slightly, <br>cost-sharing increases
WASHINGTON – The Kaiser Family Foundation last week issued new analyses of Medicare Part D program data from the federal government that show average...
Unetixs in full production of Revo diagnostic tool
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Unetixs Vascular Inc., a medical device maker specializing in cardiovascular disease diagnostics, last week announced that it is in full production...
New data show teen drinking down in Massachusetts
BOSTON – New data from a youth health survey administered by the Mass. Department of Public Health and the Mass. Department of Education show...
Actress Lorraine Bracco to speak at Butler
PROVIDENCE – Lorraine Bracco, the actress who portrayed mobster Tony Soprano’s psychiatrist, Dr. Jennifer Melfi, on the HBO series “The Sopranos,” will be the...
Lyme disease expert to speak in Providence
PROVIDENCE – Dr. Bernard Raxlen, an internationally recognized Lyme disease expert, will speak about the latest scientific data on prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment...
Brown hosts regional bioengineering conference
PROVIDENCE - To really understand nanomaterials, engineer them and put them to work fighting disease and saving lives, you need to have technology that...
Brown picks new dean of medicine and life science
An infectious-disease specialist who is currently chair of the Department of Medicine at Brown University has been chosen to succeed Dr. Eli Y. Adashi...
State allows angioplasty to be performed at Kent
In a departure from previous requirements that angioplasty programs be backed up by open-heart surgery capabilities, the R.I. Department of Health last week approved...
State OKs angioplasties at Kent Hospital;<br> Landmark asks to stop doing heart...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health yesterday agreed to allow Kent Hospital to begin performing angioplasties without setting up a cardiac surgery program.
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Brown picks new dean of medicine
PROVIDENCE – An infectious-disease specialist who is currently chairman of the Department of Medicine at Brown University has been chosen to succeed Dr. Eli...












