Brown team developing new tools for thought
Brown University scientists who study the brain are conducting groundbreaking research that could eventually yield significant medical advances.
About 100 Brown faculty members are part...
Miriam getting creative for heart health
In October 2004, Keith Beck, now 56, suffered a heart attack. To prevent future problems, doctors put three stents in his blood vessels, and...
E.B. fitness center is a long-term investment
If the $130,000 that Electric Boat has invested in a wellness/fitness center at Quonset Point helps to prevent just eight employees from having a...
Forum highlights home care benefits, challenges
Imagine having a nurse visit your elderly mother at home, fully evaluate her health, check for trip hazards and other potential causes of falls,...
United HealthCare of N.E. seeks to pay<br> extra $36.8M to Minn. parent...
Just five months after paying a $17 million dividend to its parent company, United HealthCare of New England wants to send an...
Software maker has <br>unique health care niche
Peter Morris has been named chief operating officer of Smart Management Inc. in Providence, a developer of software packages for administrative and clinical operations...
N.E. health, biotech firms see 44% boost in VC
BOSTON - A report from PricewaterhouseCoopers shows 2006 was a near-record year for venture capital investment in New England biotechnology, health care services and...
Care New England VNA falls program honored
WARWICK - The National Council on Aging has named “Steady Strides,” the VNA of Care New England’s falls prevention program, one of the nation’s...
Hospitals boost offerings in alternative medicine
PROVIDENCE - The Miriam Hospital has integrated a complementary medicine program into its cancer treatment center, aiming to reduce side effects and thereby enhance...
South County set to open new orthopedics center
WAKEFIELD - South County Hospital’s new Center for Orthopedics, which has been under construction since mid-September, is almost ready, the hospital says. It is...
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