Participate online in the 2018 Annual Meeting: webcast and testimony

4/6/2018

to hold hearing on Beth Israel-Lahey merger District 5 City Councilor Tim McCarthy said the hearing … Foundation becomes independent nonprofit following merge The foundation said several key changes are taking …, 70s, and 80s. And they need a good joint to do that," said Dr. David Mattingly, surgeon-in-chief …

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The Evolution of Global Health Experience: What Physicians Should — and Shouldn’t — Expect from Projects Abroad

4/1/2018

— but that being said, you can’t help but get something out of it, you can’t help but grow and be changed …

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“Colorful” Physician Leader Helped Colleagues Take Creative Breaks from Medicine

4/1/2018

these things you’d say about his stained glass could also be said about his personality and contribution …

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Vital Signs April 2018 (pdf)

3/26/2018

. All these things you’d say about his stained glass could also be said about his per- sonality … — this should be about vic- tims, not yourself — but that being said, you can’t help but get something out …

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Trauma-informed responses to human trafficking: free webinars

3/16/2018

of the Massachusetts Medical Society, said, "Boston is a highly desirable place to live." But the low salaries can … present a problem in an era when so many doctors graduate with huge medical school debt, he said.  Tufts … in Boston "has an honored place in Massachusetts medicine," said Dr. Henry L. Dorkin, a pediatrician who …

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Book your hotel room for the 2018 Annual Meeting

3/2/2018

's cancer cost $1M Jacquelyn Silvani said her son's treatment cost Andover Public Schools about $1 … of getting the message out to parents," said Dr. Carole Allen, a retired pediatrician and trustee … at the Massachusetts Medical Society. As a basic rule, she said, parents should put babies to sleep on their backs …

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Supervised Injection Facilities Gain Momentum

3/1/2018

, the Baker administration’s chief of health and human services (HHS), said on WGBH in January 2018 that she … — they arguably do not violate it. That said, the Department of Justice has thus far emphasized the strict …

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Talking to Patients about Reversing Opioid Overdose

3/1/2018

, overdose is no longer a rare event,” said Alexander Y. Walley, MD, MSc, director of the Addiction Medicine …

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Treating Pain in the Age of Opioid Addiction

3/1/2018

). “Clinicians in our workshops said, ‘I never get to talk about taking care of people with chronic pain, how … physician said, ‘Taking care of chronic pain patients is the most miserable part of my week.’ Another said …

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“One of the Most Rewarding Things I Do”: Bringing Addiction Care into the Community

3/1/2018

a PCP said to him, ‘Methadone’s a bad medication; why are you on it?’ It’s about providers’ naiveté …

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