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Health Care

  • St. V's nurses OK three-year contract

    Rick Saia February 23, 2015

    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.

    Rick Saia February 23, 2015
  • Who’s leading health care innovation in MetroWest?

    February 23, 2015

    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.

    February 23, 2015
  • ReWalk goes for the big time: Marlborough firm is fastest-moving player in a huge market

    Livia Gershon Special To Metrowest495 Biz February 23, 2015

    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

    Livia Gershon Special To Metrowest495 Biz February 23, 2015
  • Bing Yeo, managing director, Doctors Express Urgent Care

    Emily Micucci February 23, 2015

    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.

    Emily Micucci February 23, 2015
  • 2015 Business Leaders of the Year: Hamid Mohaghegh, Family Pharmacy Inc. & Medserv International

    Emily Micucci February 16, 2015

    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,

    Emily Micucci February 16, 2015
  • UMass Medical partners with French company on gene therapy treatment

    Emily Micucci February 11, 2015

    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.

    Emily Micucci February 11, 2015
  • Framingham biopharma hopes to rewrite the rules of preeclampsia treatment

    Emily Micucci February 5, 2015

    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

    Emily Micucci February 5, 2015
  • Cardiovascular sales lead growth for BSX

    Emily Micucci February 4, 2015

    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.

    Emily Micucci February 4, 2015
  • Med school, WPI developing app to curb overeating

    February 2, 2015

    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

    February 2, 2015
  • Strong quarter for Quest Diagnostics

    January 30, 2015

    Quest Diagnostics, which recently opened an $80 million medical laboratory in Marlborough, slightly beat analysts' expectations for earnings in the fourth quarter of 2014.

    January 30, 2015
  • Harrington opens new Webster emergency department

    January 29, 2015

    The new Remillard Family Emergency Department officially opened its doors Thursday at the Webster campus of Harrington HealthCare.

    January 29, 2015
  • GE ramping up for Marlborough site launch this summer

    Emily Micucci January 29, 2015

    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

    Emily Micucci January 29, 2015
  • Waters Corp. celebrates lab opening in China

    Emily Micucci January 28, 2015

    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

    Emily Micucci January 28, 2015
  • Anna Maria launches new grad program

    January 26, 2015

    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.

    January 26, 2015
  • UMass asks: Could genes code for 'healthspan'?

    January 23, 2015

    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.

    January 23, 2015
  • State, insurers boost health insurance signup efforts

    Emily Micucci January 21, 2015

    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.

    Emily Micucci January 21, 2015

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