Is a Swine Flu Outbreak Getting Close? Ask Your iPhone Sep 9, 2009
Created by researchers at Children's Hospital Boston, the new app, called Outbreaks Near Me, gives users real-time information about the type and scope of any new disease outbreaks in their area ... That's one of the reasons researchers at Children's Hospital Boston, together with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, developed , a website that mines more than 30,000 data sources including news media and government alerts and puts them on a Google Map to show where outbreaks... (Time.com)
New iPhone application tracks disease outbreaks Sep 3, 2009
"Outbreaks Near Me" is an application for the popular smartphone developed by researchers at Children's Hospital Boston in collaboration with the Media Lab of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ... Children's Hospital Boston, said in a press release, said it can pinpoint outbreaks reported in the vicinity of a user and let them search for additional information by location or disease ... "We hope individuals will find the new app to be a useful source of outbreak information -- locally,... (Yahoo News -- Technology)
A simple change could dramatically improve hospitals {ndash} and American health care Aug 30, 2009
(Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center via Getty Images) Cincinnati Children's Hospital estimates efficiency measures will allow the hospital to generate an additional $137m in revenue this year from treating more children with the same staffing levels. By August 30, 2009. (Boston Globe)
Toddler Found With Parents' Bodies Aug 29, 2009
Police said the 2-year-old was taken to Texas Children's Hospital for observations and is staying with relatives. Copyright 2009 by. (Click2Houston, TX)
Bumpers recalls Kennedy's devotion to health care Aug 27, 2009
His daughter Brooke had had a lifesaving operation at Boston Children's Hospital when she was 4, and Bumpers wanted to thank Kennedy for supporting the hospital. "He listened with rapt attention. It was a little difficult for him to fathom that a lawyer from a small town in Arkansas had a child (treated) at Boston Children's Hospital," said Bumpers, who is originally from Charleston ... A photo of Kennedy and former Arkansas first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton visiting a young patient at Boston... (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
RN 'Super Union' Adopts Name: National Nurses United Sets Founding Convention Dec. 7 in Arizona Aug 25, 2009
Martha Kuhl, RN, secretary-treasurer of CNA/NNOC and a nurse at Children's Hospital in Oakland, Calif. talked about meeting with other pediatric RNs at the Minnesota meeting as a precursor to the upcoming work of the NNU. "I was very excited to get together with other children's hospital nurses and look forward to working nationally with nurses for a single standard of pediatric care, along with a single standard of care for all patients. Nurses united will have enormous influence to fight for... (PR Newswire)
Blood drive in Chelmsford Saturday Aug 18, 2009
Team Hope is hosting another blood drive through Children's Hospital Boston at the Kohl's parking lot in Chelmsford on Saturday, Aug. 22 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Summer months bring crazy schedules and a critical need for blood. please help us replenish this supply by giving the ultimate gift of life by coming out and donating blood. (Chelmsford Independent, MA)
Drug-Dispensing Contact Lens Could Replace Imprecise Eye Drops Aug 13, 2009
The more PLGA there is in relation to the medication, the slower the drug it is released, says pediatric critical care specialist , director of the Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery at Children's Hospital and the project's lead researcher. The researchers coated the PLGA film with another polymer, (poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)), to form the lens. (Scientific American)
Wen visits elderly scientists Aug 7, 2009
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao(R) shakes hands with Hu Yamei, honorary president of the Beijing Children's Hospital, during his visit to Hu in Beijing, capital of China, on Aug. 6, 2009. (Xinhua/Li Xueren). (Xinhuanet, China)
Hometown brothers raise money on charity bike ride Jul 31, 2009
Brian Jenkins, formerly of Canton and now living in Brockton, stopped at Foxboro after riding over 102 miles from Plymouth during the Ride For Hope Ride For Life 3-day bike ride fund-raiser for Children's Hospital. Hometown brothers raise money on charity bike ride. (Canton Journal, MA)
Holliston accepts the Pan-Mass challenge Jul 31, 2009
In the past, I've participated in the annual Holliston 5K Road Race for Children's Hospital Boston and Holliston Walks for Breast Cancer, as well as others ... My wife, Joanne, and I are riding with a team, Pedals for Pediatrics, which includes nurses and doctors from Children's Hospital who cared for Tim. (Holliston Tab, MA)
Marlborough and Hudson riders head to PanMass Jul 30, 2009
After spending seven months at Children's Hospital undergoing intensive chemotherapy, Charlie has been in remission for two and a half years, and his prognosis is now good. Cantin is riding in the PanMass in his honor, and to raise money for other children who need help. (Hudson Sun, MA)
500 athletes take part in inaugural Marlborough Triathlon Jul 29, 2009
Race managers are still calculating how much money was raised for Children's Hospital in Boston. Concession stand proceeds will benefit the Marlborough Public Schools Foundation. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
In Hawaii, health insurance paid by employers Jul 27, 2009
The C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health taken in May 2009 shows 44 percent of families' financial situations have worsened in the last six months. To make ends meet, many have cut back on extras (65 percent), applied for government health coverage (24 percent), applied for free or reduced lunch programs (27 percent), and delayed taking their children to the doctor (11 percent) or dentist (16 percent). (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Marlborough Triathlon debuts Sunday; drivers urged to steer clear of main roads Jul 26, 2009
Race proceeds benefit Children's Hospital Boston. Concession stand proceeds go to the Marlborough Public Schools Foundation. (Hudson Sun, MA)
Give and clambake: Spadafora hosts 35th annual dinner for City of St. Jude Jul 24, 2009
The event was to benefit The City of St. Jude (a disabled children's hospital) of Montgomery, Al.. Give and clambake: Spadafora hosts 35th annual dinner for City of St. Jude. (Malden Observer, MA)
Father-son team sign on for Marlborough Triathlon Jul 23, 2009
Concession stand receipts will benefit the Marlborough Public Schools Foundation, and race proceeds will go to Children's Hospital Boston. About 550 athletes, including relay teams, have signed up for the race, which is close to capacity. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
Drug-Dispensing Contact Lens Jul 23, 2009
Now, researchers led by Daniel Kohane, MD, PhD, director of the Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery at Children's Hospital Boston, have developed special contact lenses that can gradually dispense a constant amount of medication to the eye, at adjustable rates. They describe their prototype lens in the July issue of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. (Newsmax)
A Boy with Headache, Nausea, Seizures, and Hypertension Jul 23, 2009
From the Division of Nephrology, Children's Hospital (M.J.G.S.); the Departments of Pediatrics (A.S.), Radiology (P.E.G., A.R.G.), and Pathology (E.E.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital; and the Departments of Pediatrics (M.J.G.S., A.S.), Radiology (P.E.G., A.R.G.), and Pathology (E.E.S.), Harvard Medical School all in Boston. . (New England Journal of Medicine)
In his own words Jul 21, 2009
Every three weeks, at Children's Hospital Boston, he had to lie still for six hours while the fluid dripped into his arm. I remember watching and praying for him, all the while knowing how sick he would be for days afterward. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Psych evaluation for Holliston man charged with bomb threats Jul 19, 2009
The federal indictment charges Smegal with sending threatening letters to Los Angeles International Airport and Van Nuys Airport in California; six homes in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and Malibu; a Wells Fargo Bank and Children's Hospital in Los Angeles. Authorities said the letter to Van Nuys Airport was identical to more than 100 others sent to celebrities, businessmen and other institutions in the Los Angeles area since January 2007. (Holliston Tab, MA)
Foster Care May Boost Brain Activity Of Institutionalized Children Jul 18, 2009
It was conducted by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Children's Hospital Boston, the University of Maryland, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, and Harvard Medical School. The study assessed how more than 200 Romanian children between the ages of 5 and 42 months recognized faces. (Science Daily)
MGH study identifies first molecular steps to childhood leukemia Jul 16, 2009
Additional co-author are Denille Van Buren, Adlen Foudi, PhD, Ondrej Krejci, MD, PhD, and Jinshong Qin, PhD, MGH; and Stuart Orkin, MD, Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The study was primarily supported by grants from the Ellison Foundation, the Laurie Strauss Leukemia Foundation, the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, and the National Institutes of Health. (EurekAlert!)
Urine Test For Appendicitis To Indicate Which Children Need Surgery? Jul 7, 2009
Now, emergency medicine physicians and scientists at the Proteomics Center at Children's Hospital Boston demonstrate that a protein detectable in urine might serve as a "biomarker" for appendicitis ... Researchers led by Richard Bachur, MD, acting chief of emergency medicine at Children's Hospital Boston, Hanno Steen, PhD, director of the Proteomics Center, and clinical fellow Alex Kentsis, MD, PhD, decided to take a systematic approach, performing a proteomics study using state-of-the are mass... (Science Daily)
Genes Edited In Human Stem Cells Jun 20, 2009
Authors on the paper are Jizhong Zou, Prashant Mali, Bin-Kuan Chou, Guibin Chen, Zhaohui Ye and Linzhao Cheng of Johns Hopkins; Morgan Maeder, Stacey-Thibodeau-Beganny and J. Keith Joung of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Shondra Pruett-Miller and Matthew Porteus of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; and In-Hyun Park and George Q. Daley of Children's Hospital, Boston and Harvard Medical School. Adapted from materials provided by , via , a service of AAAS.... (Science Daily)
Sampler for June 18 Jun 19, 2009
The Marlborough Public Schools Foundation has announced their involvement with the inaugural Marlborough Triathlon to benefit the organization, other schools in the region and Children's Hospital in Boston. The event is being held July 26 and will help to raise funds for MPSF and other local schools. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
How Cerezyme worked for Costa Rican girl Jun 18, 2009
At the national children's hospital, Tania would see a specialist, or have another test, and they would all crowd in for the long drive back ... The National Children's Hospital did have a special budget reserved for unusual cases requiring special drugs, but Tania's treatment alone would drain nearly half that money ... Within a month, Tania was in a room at the children's hospital, getting the first infusion of Cerezyme ever delivered in her country. (Boston Globe)
Greater Boston unites to transform health care Jun 17, 2009
Atrius Health/Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Boston Medical Center Boston Medical Center HealthNet Plan Boston Public Health Commission Cambridge Health Alliance Children's Hospital Boston Eastern Massachusetts Healthcare Initiative (EMHI) Employers' Action Coalition on Healthcare (EACH) Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Harvard University Health Care for All Institute for... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Wills Walkers of Braintree raise money for hospital Jun 16, 2009
Liberty School fifth grader Will McCarthy is joined by his former first grade teacher Linda Wells at the June 14 NStar Walk for Children's Hospital in Boston. Will founded and is captain of "Will's Walkers," a team that has participated in the walk since it began in 2003 and has raised $7,095 for the hospital this year alone. (Braintree Forum, MA)
Walk for Childrens Hospital June 14 Jun 5, 2009
On June 14, the Morris family from Dracut will join thousands of New England residents to stroll for a goal, walking miles for miracles, Sunday, June 14 at the seventh annual NSTAR Walk for Children's Hospital Boston. Funds raised will benefit Children s Hospital s pediatric research, patient care and community health programs. (Burlington Union, MA)
Girl Bitten By Pygmy Rattlesnake Jun 4, 2009
Allison spent three days at Wolfson Children's Hospital for treatment. After being released, the 7-year-old still had marks on her foot where doctors tracked the swelling and also a bruise on her hip. (News4Jax.com, FL)
UPDATE: Ipswich toddler Medflighted after two-story fall Jun 4, 2009
He was taken via helicopter to Children's Hospital in Boston "as a precaution," according to Ipswich Police Lieut. Daniel Moriarty. (Ipswich Chronicle, MA)
Much is given by hospitals, more is asked May 31, 2009
More than half of that goes to two large and growing companies, Partners and Children's Hospital ... The second-biggest beneficiary of such tax breaks, Children's Hospital, has seen its savings from tax exemption more than quadruple during the same period - to $131 million - as profits grew, the Globe review found ... Children's Hospital also runs a highly regarded charity program, but its cost is $96 million less than the Globe's estimate of savings from not paying taxes. (Boston Globe)
Hospice care under-used by many terminally ill patients, study finds May 26, 2009
Those affiliates include Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cambridge Health Alliance, Children's Hospital Boston, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Forsyth Institute, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Hebrew SeniorLife, Joslin Diabetes Center, Judge Baker Children's Center, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts General Hospital, McLean Hospital, Mount Auburn Hospital, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and VA Boston... (EurekAlert!)
Researchers identify the brains on-off switch for fear May 21, 2009
The study is the collaborative effort of Bolshakov s laboratory and that of David Clapham, MD, PhD, the Aldo R. Castenada Professor of Cardiovascular Research at Children's Hospital Boston, and professor of Neurobiology and Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. In the study, the researchers looked at the neurons in the amygdala of mice lacking the TRPC5 gene and discovered that they did not fire as well as those in the brains of normal mice. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
New Clues to Autism's Cause May 21, 2009
A paper published in the current issue of Science by researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and members of the Boston-based Autism Consortium identifies five new autism-related gene defects ... "While it might seem discouraging that it's a growing list of genes, we can be encouraged that a common pathway is emerging," says Dr. Christopher Walsh, chief of genetics at Children's Hospital Boston and an author of the paper ... The quote was stated by Dr. Christopher Walsh of Children's Hospital... (Time.com)
New research: iPod can cause irreparable damage to hearing May 18, 2009
Some young adults in their 20s - who listened at high levels hour after hour, day after day - are being diagnosed with hearing at the level of a typical 50-year-old, according to Dr. Brian Fligor, a former amateur rock guitarist who is now director of diagnostic audiology at Children's Hospital Boston ... Boys tend to turn up the iPod volume louder than girls, and peer pressure can influence volume levels, according to a recent study at Children's Hospital Boston ... SOURCE: BRIAN FLIGOR,... (Boston Globe)
Electronic medical records come with challenges, researchers find May 11, 2009
But even when hospitals and doctors are willing and interested in adopting an electronic medical record system, care must be taken in designing systems that are open and flexible, said Dr. Kenneth D. Mandl of Children's Hospital Boston. He gave an example of the power of electronic medical records to provide a check on safety through his own work. (Boston Globe)
Vulnerable children are suffering twice May 11, 2009
Children's Hospital has seen an increase in infants with brutally inflicted head injuries. The Suffolk district attorney's office has seen a doubling of abuse cases. (Boston Globe)
Hudson WalMart raises $32K for Children's Hospital May 9, 2009
Left to right in the photo are Jenn Kaczenski, Manager, Children's Miracle Network Programs; Zachary Barthelemy, a Children's Hospital patient; Hudson WalMart manager Cynthia Troller; Mark Ropi, Good Works Coordinator, Walmart; and Boston Bruins Alumnus Bobby Miller ... Employees at the Hudson WalMart recently raised $32,000 for Children's Hospital Boston through the Children's Miracle Network. (Hudson Sun, MA)
Extreme makeover: Stanford scientists explore new way to change cell's identity May 6, 2009
The medical school is part of Stanford Medicine, which includes Stanford Hospital cs and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. For information about all three, please visit. (EurekAlert!)
Swine Flu Outbreak One Step Closer to Full Pandemic Apr 30, 2009
A Mexican boy died at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston Monday night from a variant of H1N1 swine flu. He was about 2 years old. (Fox News)
World Health Org: Global Pandemic Imminent Apr 30, 2009
He checked into a Brownsville hospital on April 13 and was later transferred to Children's Hospital in Houston. He died Monday night. (CBS News)
Mexico Shuts Government; Pandemic Imminent Apr 30, 2009
He developed flu symptoms four days later and was taken to a Brownsville hospital April 13 and transferred the following day to Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, where he died Monday night. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday confirmed that he had been infected with the swine flu virus. (Fox News)
Simmons Longitudinal Study reveals long-lasting impact of family arguing on children Apr 28, 2009
"We've known for a long time that family violence is terribly bad to be around," said Dr. William Beardslee, a Children's Hospital Boston psychiatrist and a coauthor of the most recent paper to emerge from the Simmons study. "Now we also know a climate of argumentativeness, of frequent verbal arguments, is not good for children.". (Boston Globe)
Marborough runners head to Boston Marathon Apr 18, 2009
The money raised will be donated to Children's Hospital. How to donate. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
Child Abuse Spikes as U.S. Economy Founders Apr 18, 2009
"In the last three months we have twice as many severe inflicted injury cases as we did in the three months the previous year," said Allison Scobie, program director of the Child Protection Team at Boston's Children's Hospital ... Seattle's Children's Hospital and the Harborview Medical Center are seeing more children suffering subdural bleeding caused by blows to the head from abuse ... "We have been pretty busy again this year,' said Dr. Kenneth Feldman, medical director of the Children's... (MEDLINEplus)
Draft rules expand stem cell research options Apr 18, 2009
But projects that use these more controversial human embryos are expected to continue, said Dr. Leonard Zon, director of the stem cell research program at Children's Hospital Boston, as long as they retain the support of private philanthropists ... Dr. Leonard Zon of Children's Hospital said controversial projects will continue as long. (Boston Globe)
Staffs full, nurses struggle for work Apr 18, 2009
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center recently said it will lay off more than 100 employees, including nurses, and officials at two Boston nursing schools said opportunities for new nurses are nearly nonexistent at Children's Hospital. There are two major reasons for the lack of new jobs. (Boston Globe)
MGH halts apediatric program Apr 17, 2009
That child, who was operated on at the end of January, has since been transferred to Children's Hospital Boston ... In Boston, Children's Hospital operates on the hearts of about 1,100 babies and children a year, making it the largest pediatric heart surgery program in the country, officials there said ... Dr. Peter Manning, director of cardiothoracic surgery at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, said that while the research is not conclusive, there is some evidence that quality is... (Boston Globe)
For cancer cells, genetics alone is poor indicator for drug response Apr 13, 2009
Those affiliates include Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cambridge Health Alliance, Children's Hospital Boston, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Forsyth Institute, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Hebrew SeniorLife, Joslin Diabetes Center, Judge Baker Children's Cente, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts General Hospital, McLean Hospital, Mount Auburn Hospital, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and VA Boston Healthcare... (EurekAlert!)
Dr. Harvey Goldman, 76, pathologist and educator Apr 12, 2009
In addition to rising through the pathology ranks at Beth Israel, Dr. Goldman was a consultant at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Children's Hospital, and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. In varying capacities, his duties also brought him to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he worked with the division of health sciences and technology, to New England Baptist Hospital, and to New England Deaconess Hospital, before it merged with Beth Israel. (Boston Globe)
Domestic abuse on rise as economy sinks Apr 11, 2009
Workers at Children's Hospital Boston and Massachusetts General Hospital reported seeing nine infants with shaken baby syndrome in three months, compared with four in the same period last year. The chairman of pediatrics at Schneider Children's Hospital on Long Island said his facility has had five cases in the past six months; only one or two cases arose during the previous year. (MSNBC -- Health)
Tewksbury Wal-mart raises $31,000 for Children's Hospital Apr 4, 2009
Left to right, Boston Bruins Alumnus Tommy Songin, Children's Hospital Boston patient Zachary Barthelemy, Wal-mart Good Works Coordinator Laurie McGuiness, Wal-mart Store Manager Jimmy Kordis, Wal-mart Good Works Coordinator Roger Duchesme, and Boston Bruins Alumnus Bobby Miller ... The Tewksbury Wal-mart raised more than $31,000 for Children's Hospital, making it one of the top 10 fundraising stores in the Boston market. (Tewksbury Advocate, MA)
BioMed Realty Trust Receives LEED(R) Gold Certification at Center for Life Science | Boston Apr 3, 2009
The property is 91% leased to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Children's Hospital Boston, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Immune Disease Institute, and Kowa Company, Ltd.. By granting this elite designation, the USGBC recognized the Center for Life Science | Boston for its design excellence in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality. (PR Newswire)
State scrimps on 1st line of defense for abused kids Apr 3, 2009
The little-known truth, however, is that, as measured by support of critical child-protection teams, BMC, Children's Hospital, Tufts Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, North Shore Children's Hospital, Baystate Medical Center, and UMass Memorial rank among the lowest reimbursed among US hospitals for serving this vulnerable group of patients. Jetta Bernier Executive director Massachusetts Citizens for Children Boston. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Easton obituaries Mar 30, 2009
Next residencies were at the Free Hospital for Women, Boston, in pathology, 1961-62, and Children's Hospital, Boston, in pathology, 1962-63, and neuropathology, 1963-64. Dr. Sato returned to Japan as a pathologist and research associate for the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commision in Nagasaki, 1964-68. (Easton Journal, MA)
Low-income families with sick children often enrolled in high-deductible health care plans Mar 30, 2009
But they also end up enrolling many low-income, vulnerable families, finds a study of Massachusetts families from Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School's Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention (DACP) ... Children's Hospital Boston is home to the world's largest research enterprise based at a pediatric medical center, where its discoveries have benefited both children and adults since 1869 ... Founded as a 20-bed hospital for children, Children's Hospital Boston today is a... (EurekAlert!)
Infant weight gain linked to childhood obesity Mar 30, 2009
A new study led by researchers in the Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, as well as Children's Hospital Boston, has found that rapid weight gain during the first six months of life may place a child at risk for obesity by age 3. "There is increasing evidence that rapid changes in weight during infancy increase children's risk of later obesity," says lead author Elsie Taveras, assistant professor in the HMS Department of... (EurekAlert!)
Hidden in plain sight Mar 30, 2009
The Fenway begins where the Back Bay leaves off, at Massachusetts Avenue, and contains some of the city's landmark cultural, medical, and academic institutions: Symphony Hall, the Museum of Fine Arts, Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital, Northeastern University, and the Boston Latin School. It also has plenty of sports history, both as the site of namesake Fenway Park, which opened in 1912, and as the place where the Red Sox, Bruins, and Celtics all played their first home games - about... (Boston Globe)
Opinion: Defining, funding quality healthcare for the poor Mar 28, 2009
As pediatric residents at Boston Medical Center and Children's Hospital Boston, we see the promise of exceptional healthcare ... n Kenyon are senior pediatric residents at Boston Medical Center and Children's Hospital Boston. (Boston Globe)
Study: Anesthesia in Infancy Linked to Later Disabilities Mar 26, 2009
"We don't want to delay surgery or withhold surgery for the kids who need it," says Dr. Sulpicio Soriano, an anesthesiologist at Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital in Boston. "But we need more research and clinical investigation to find new drugs and new combinations of drugs that can attenuate or mitigate the cognitive effects.". (Time.com)
Hub designer does show for charity Mar 26, 2009
The ladies are all headed off to compete in Vegas and meet the Donald next week, but will showcase gowns and cocktail dresses to benefit Children's Hospital Boston before they go. "It's an excuse to wear your best," said Pietrzak, who organized the event with her 23-year-old sister Natalie, a UMass-Amherst MBA student. (Boston Globe)
Amid abuse charges, Melvin Levine agrees to stop practicing medicine Mar 21, 2009
A former Children's Hospital Boston pediatrician and best-selling author accused of sexually abusing as many as 50 boys will never practice medicine again, according to an agreement he signed yesterday with the medical board in North Carolina, where he has treated patients for more than 20 years. The agreement bars Dr. Melvin D. Levine, 69, the former chief of ambulatory pediatrics at Children's Hospital, from ever seeking to reinstate his medical license in North Carolina or anywhere else ... A... (Boston Globe)
Added economic stress linked to rise in shaken baby cases Mar 19, 2009
Child protection teams at Children's Hospital Boston and Massachusetts General Hospital, which consult on many of the state's cases of maltreatment, have seen nine infants with shaken baby syndrome in the last three months, compared with four in the same period last year ... The Children's Hospital team has seen an increase of late in the number of abuse cases and in their severity, and also in the number involving very young babies, said Newton. (Boston Globe)
