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Registered nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital have ratified a new three-year contract with the Worcester health-care facility, ending more than a year of contract talks, the nurses' union announced Monday morning.
One thing I've learned from covering the local health care industry is that MetroWest-area companies are making astounding breakthroughs right in our backyard.
Talk to technology entrepreneurs and there's a question that often comes up: Would you rather do cool stuff or important stuff? Make an amazing virtual reality headset or improve the treatment options for diabetes? ReWalk Robotics doesn't have to
Bing Yeo has years of experience owning and running franchises, and helping other business owners run their companies more effectively. He also isn't afraid to try new things.
Hamid Mohaghegh has successfully stood up to the big-pharmacy players in growing his independent Central Massachusetts chain, Family Pharmacy Inc., over the last 15 years. While independent pharmacies have struggled to keep their doors open,
UMass Medical School in Worcester will collaborate with Lysogene, a French biotechnology company, and Auburn University in Alabama, to develop pre-clinical studies of a rare disorder that causes neurological impairment, Lysogene announced.
Preeclampsia is a leading cause of maternal and infant death worldwide, though the causes are poorly understood, and treatment options are limited. When an expectant mother develops the disease – which causes high blood pressure, swelling, headache
Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE: BSX) of Marlborough saw sales improve in the fourth quarter and throughout 2014, thanks in large part to strong sales of the company's cardiovascular devices.
Researchers at University of Massachusetts Medical School and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, helped by a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, are developing a smartphone app that will help users better understand why they
Quest Diagnostics, which recently opened an $80 million medical laboratory in Marlborough, slightly beat analysts' expectations for earnings in the fourth quarter of 2014.
The new Remillard Family Emergency Department officially opened its doors Thursday at the Webster campus of Harrington HealthCare.
Recruiters at General Electric's Healthcare Life Sciences division -- currently of New Jersey, soon to be of Marlborough -- are in the middle of a hiring frenzy as they prepare to launch operations at the division's new U.S. headquarters late this
Milford-based Waters Corp., a manufacturer of laboratory instruments, on Wednesday announced the opening of its Joint Open Laboratory in Beijing. Outfitted with Waters' chromatography and mass spectrometry technologies, the analytic laboratory will
Anna Maria College will offer a new master's degree program in health emergency management, citing a high demand for the skills to respond to both natural and man-made disasters, the Paxton school said.
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester are wondering if studies of a lowly worm can help us understand how to better maintain health as we age.
As the Jan. 23 deadline to enroll in health insurance plans through the Massachusetts Health Connector nears, the state and local insurers are boosting efforts to reach people in need of coverage.