Dr. Jeffrey Golden to chair pathology at Brigham and Womenâs Hospital bi13702079 Dr. Jeffrey A. Golden become chairman of pathology at Brigham and Women's Hospital starting March 1. Golden be returning to familiar ground. He previously worked pathology and neuropathology at the hospital, and he trained at General Hospital

Massachusetts ?Alarm Fatigue? Lawsuit Settled bi13702079 The family of an 89-year-old man who died at General Hospital when nurses did not respond to alarms on cardiac monitor has settled case against the hospital for $850,000. The Boston Globe reported on Monday that the ?..

Massachusetts General study finds amplification of multiple cell-growth genes bi13702079 ( General Hospital ) A small percentage of the deadly brain tumors called glioblastomas, usually resist treatment drugs targeting mutations cell-growth genes, appears to contain extra copies of two or three of these genes at the same time. The surprising discovery by a General Hospital-based research team has major implications for the understanding of ..

Massachusetts recovers $24 million from Merck, largest Medicaid fraud bi13702079 Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. pay $24 million to the state Medicaid program, the largest single Medicaid fraud settlement history. The agreement, made public afternoon by Attorney General Martha Coakley?s office, closes out a 2003 lawsuit filed against 13 drug makers over inflated prices. The state previously recovered a total of $23.4 million from the other 12 ..

Fitch Rates Massachusetts' $400MM GO Bonds 'AA+'; Outlook Stable bi13702079 Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA+' rating to the following Commonwealth of general obligation bonds:..

Drugmaker Merck agrees to pay Massachusetts $24 million to settle Medicaid fr bi13702079 BOSTON ? Drugmaker Merck & Co. pay $24 million to settle a civil lawsuit accusing a former subsidiary of causing the state to overpay pharmacists for a widely used asthma medication. State Attorney General Martha Coakley announced Tuesday the deal Merck and 12 other drugmakers that settled previously enables the state to recover more than $47 million for Medicaid, a ..

Drugmaker Merck agrees to pay Massachusetts $24M to settle Medicaid fraud claims bi13702079 BOSTON ? Drugmaker Merck & Co. pay $24 million to settle a civil lawsuit accusing a former subsidiary of causing the state to overpay pharmacists for a widely used asthma medication. Attorney General Martha Coakley said Tuesday that the deal Merck and 12 other drugmakers who settled previously enables the state to recover more than $47 million for Medicaid program ..

What makes patients complex? Ask primary care physicians bi13702079 ( General Hospital ) Being able to define and measure patient complexity has important implications for how care organized, how physicians and health care systems are paid, and how resources are allocated. A team of General Hospital researchers have found that primary care physicians define patient complexity using a broader range of factors - including mental ..

Commentary calls for awareness of Internet pharmacies' role prescription d bi13702079 ( General Hospital ) Efforts to halt the growing abuse of prescription drugs must include addressing the availability of these drugs on the Internet and increasing physician awareness of the dangers posed by Internet pharmacies, according to a commentary from investigators at General Hospital, the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at the University of ..

Driver Hurt In Crash With Tree bi13702079 The driver of a car that crashed a tree Londonderry early Sunday morning was flown to General Hospital Boston for surgery, police said

Duxbury resident and surgeon Dr. William Hardy Hendren III honored Disti bi13702079 Duxbury resident and surgeon Dr. William Hardy Hendren III was honored the Distinguished Eagle Award during a ceremony at Mass General Hospital last week. The Boy Scouts? Old Colony Council honored Hendren the award. Established 1969, the Distinguished Eagle Award presented to Eagle Scouts more than 25 years of significant accomplishment career, as well as ample ..

Elderly woman hit by vehicle Peabody bi13702079 PEABODY ? An 88-year-old woman was Med-Flighted to General Hospital last night what police describe as "life-threatening injuries" after she was struck by a vehicle crossing at the intersection of Main and Foster streets

Regulatory enzyme overexpression may protect against neurodegeneration Hun bi13702079 Treatment that increases brain levels of an important regulatory enzyme may slow the loss of brain cells that characterizes Huntington's disease (HD) and other neurodegenerative disorders. A General Hospital-based research team found that increased expression of Sirt1, one of a family of enzymes called sirtuins, the brain of a mouse model of HD protected against ..

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