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Making a strong case for ban on menthol cigarettes

Three new studies provided fuel for support of menthol ban

Solving kids' sleep problems

Kids sleep problems cause by marital woes and a host of other things

Patrick says industry won't be able to 'beat' health cost controls

By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff Last week, state Inspector General Gregory Sullivan fired off a letter to Governor Deval Patrick, saying he is worried that hospitals and doctors are trying to lock-in fee increases from insurers now, before the Legislature...

Patrick says Romney playing politics with health care

By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff WALTHAM -- Governor Deval Patrick today criticized Mitt Romney's Thursday speech in which the former governor stood by his role in crafting Massachusetts' 2006 health care overhaul law, while deriding President Obama's national effort to...

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Making a strong case for ban
on menthol cigarettes

Three new studies published online in the American Journal of Public Health might spur the agency to ban the flavoring.

Solving kids' sleep problems

Kids' sleep problems cause by marital woes and a host of other issues.

Romney stands by Mass. health overhaul

Mitt Romney stoutly defended his Mass. health care law in the face of its conservative critics, and called for replacing President Obama’s national plan with a more state-based overhaul.

Allergy season here with vengeance

There may be truth to allergy sufferers' complaints that this season is a bigger headache than years past.

How to alleviate your allergy misery

Experts debate destroying last smallpox viruses

Smallpox, eradicated three decades ago, is kept alive under tight security today in just two places -- the US and Russia.

Study backs value of early treatment for AIDS

People infected with the virus that causes AIDS are far less likely to infect their sexual partners if they are put on treatment immediately according to a clinical trial.

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In the war on infections, add sugar

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