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AI pharmacist? Brigham study tests how new tech can help manage patient meds
Many of us need to take medication everyday, and for some people, it’s a lengthy daily regimen of prescriptions to manage our health. It can be an overwhelming workload, though, for doctors and pharmacists to track all of their patients’ prescriptions, according to Dr. Lisa Rotenstein. She is a primary care provider, who previously worked at Boston’s Brigham and...
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Class action suit grows against Brigham and Women's doctor in sexual assault case
At least 120 former patients have joined a class action lawsuit against a Boston-based physician accused of performing pelvic, breast and rectal exams on patients that were not medically necessary. The suit from Lubin & Meyer is one of several against Dr. Derrick Todd. In total, more than 125 former patients have obtained legal representation. Todd, who was a rheumatologist…
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Over 100 plaintiffs now suing Brigham and Women's doctor in sex assault case
More than 100 plaintiffs have now joined a series of lawsuits filed against a Boston-based physician accused of performing pelvic, breast and rectal exams on patients that were not medically necessary. According to The Boston Globe, four separate lawsuits have now been filed against Dr. Derrick Todd on behalf of over 100 patients. The Boston law firm of Lubin &…
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Woman in labor walks from Pink concert to give birth, names baby after singer
A woman who went into labor just before a Pink concert at Fenway Park ended up walking to the hospital to give birth last week. Angela Mercer’s new baby boy is healthy and her family is overjoyed, despite having missed the show they came to Boston to see, according to Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where Mercer walked from Fenway....
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Here's How Boston Researchers Say Stress Impacts Your Biological Age
If you ask most people, getting younger instead of older probably sounds pretty appealing. While there’s nothing you can do about your chronological age — the number of years you’ve been alive — scientists in Boston are studying factors that can change your biological age. A recent study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital shows that physiological stress — stress on...