Pilots Group Opposes Body Scanners
The U.S. Airline Pilots Association is taking aim at the advanced body-imaging technology, saying their pilots go through the scanners so frequently it might be a health issue.
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The U.S. Airline Pilots Association is taking aim at the advanced body-imaging technology, saying their pilots go through the scanners so frequently it might be a health issue.
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The FDA plans to require new larger, graphic cigarette warning labels that include corpses and cancer patients.
Boston Mayor Tom Menino is filing a bill that's designed to cut the city's health care costs.
A new tactic in the war on tobacco.
A new study by researchers at Indiana University School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation shows college freshmen start out OK, but by the time they're seniors, they weigh more and exercise less.
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Lowell is losing its only inpatient drug and alcohol detoxification facility, meaning addicts will have to travel farther for help and about 50 people will lose their jobs.
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The National Cancer Institute announced Thursday that a screening test may help fight the nation's top cancer killer.
A new medical breakthrough is helping the blind see again. Scientists have developed a chip that is implanted behind the eye. This chip, scientists say, does the work of the retina.
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Among the thousands of nurses who walked out of Brigham and Women's Hospital is an ICU nurse whose close family member is a patient inside.
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Massachusetts is reporting cases of cyclosporiasis, a disease caused by a stomach parasite that can lead to "explosive" diarrhea.
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There was a possible measles exposure at Logan Airport in Boston last week, Massachusetts health officials say.
A new study finds that a simple blood test could predict Alzheimer's disease long before symptoms appear.
The Lone Star tick, which can cause alpha-gal syndrome, is spreading north throughout Massachusetts.
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A Malden, Massachusetts woman said National Grid took more than $28,000 out of her bank account for a gas bill that she didn't owe.
A Massachusetts family thought their Vrbo stay would be protected after they had to cancel their trip to Hawaii due to severe weather. Now they're out $12,000.
A driver from Southboro, Massachusetts struggled for months to unravel a frustrating mix up with his E-ZPass account.
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Barney Frank, a Democrat who represented Massachusetts in Congress for 32 years, has died. He was 86 years old.
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Sam Antonacci had three of Chicago's four hits.
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Avi Loeb, a Harvard astronomer who has made headlines with his theories about alien encounters, will lead a White House scientific advisory council on UFOs.
Haggis is not on the menu in Boston for the World Cup, despite what Gov. Healey told Scotland supporters in a lighthearted social media video.
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