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Health

Published
February 15, 2019

Drug company used rap video to push for higher doses, sales

The video, titled "Great by Choice," was shown during a national sales meeting in 2015 to encourage employees to talk doctors into prescribing higher doses, prosecutors said.
Published
February 14, 2019

Researchers find clues depression may speed brain aging

Patients with depression may have a lower density of synapses than healthy people the same age.
Published
February 12, 2019

Measles making comeback on widening anti-vaccine movement

'Vaccine hesitancy,' despite evidence refuting a 1998 claim that linked the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to autism, is slowing attempts to stop children from dying from preventable diseases.
Published
February 12, 2019

Advocates urge lawmakers to ban vaping products from Maine public schools

The measure follows a budget proposal by Gov. Janet Mills to spend $10 million in tobacco settlement money to reduce youth smoking rates, as well as vaping.
Published
February 9, 2019

Authorities shut down two Tennessee pharmacies’ opioid sales

Two people died and numerous others were hospitalized for overdoses shortly after obtaining drugs from the pharmacies.

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Published
February 7, 2019

Patients slow to warm up to telemedicine, prefer in-person visits

Still, 80 percent of mid-size and large U.S. companies offered the virtual service last year.
Published
February 7, 2019

‘Like wildfire’: Washington state measles outbreak has potential to go very big, very quickly

The area is home to some of the nation’s most vocal anti-vaccination activists, and lax laws exempt virtually any child from state requirements whose parents object.
Published
February 6, 2019

Philip Morris attempts to burnish ailing image

But the tobacco giant still has a strong foil in the World Health Organization.
Published
February 6, 2019

Massachusetts medical device maker’s earnings up 17%

Boston Scientific Corp. increased its full-year earnings in 2018.
Published
January 26, 2019

Police hope arrest of mother whose baby ingested meth will lead her to treatment

But advocates say the arrest of the Bangor woman, who allegedly exposed her infant to methamphetamine while breastfeeding, could discourage drug users from seeking medical help for their children.