Covidien set to market endotracheal tube
MANSFIELD, Mass. – Health care product provider Covidien has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its Mallinckrodt TaperGuard...
CVS, Medco may make less from benefit plan
WASHINGTON – CVS Caremark Corp. and Medco Health Systems Inc. may generate less profit from a shared $10 billion contract for federal-employee drug benefits...
Medicare Advantage, Part D premiums up
The average premium for Medicare Advantage plans in 2010 will be $39, or $7 more than this year, and the average standalone Part D...
ICU Collaborative wraps up second phase
The Rhode Island ICU Collaborative, a joint effort launched four years ago by intensive-care units across the state to improve safety and sharply reduce...
Southcoast steps up H1N1 outreach efforts
Southcoast Hospitals Group, which includes Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River and St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford, among others, is stepping up its...
Butler seeks OCD study participants
Researchers at Butler Hospital are recruiting participants for a study geared to identifying genes that might increase the risk of developing obsessive compulsive disorder...
Public support for health reform rising again
After a drop over the summer, public support for health reform rose again in September, but only modestly, and a large share of Americans...
Five Questions With: Dr. Brenna Anderson
At Women & Infants Hospital, doctors can handle even highly complex cases requiring a great deal of expertise. But women with gynecological or pregnancy-related...
FTC might open new CVS merger probe
WASHINGTON – Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jonathan Leibowitz said this week he is considering whether to open a formal investigation into the 2007 merger...
NIH awards R.I. health researchers $22M
WASHINGTON – Rhode Island-based medical researchers have been awarded more than $22 million from the National Institutes of Health – 91 grants in total,...
