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...higher risk of heart disease. There may also be a cancer link, for among the substances released during the inflammatory response are free radicals that can trigger tumor growth. Maybe that's why doctors' advice to eat more nutrient-rich vegetables and less fat works equally well for a patient who is at risk for cancer or for heart disease. They've been treating the same underlying cause all along...
According to an e-mail sent to BIDMC employees on Wednesday, the debt reduction and other improvements have resulted in decreasing the medical center’s overall per-diem cost of serving a patient by about 15 percent in the two years...
Paul F. Levy, president and chief executive officer of BIDMC, attributed the improved financial picture to executive’s efforts to cut expenses and increase patient volume at the medical center. BIDMC currently treats 850,000 outpatients and 37,000 overnight patients annually, an increase of about 40,000 patients from last year. The medical center also recently sold its Libby Building for $14.5 million dollars...
...walls. Daniel bounds around the room in response to different students’ calls for assistance. After a silly question from Carmen Acosta, Daniel does an impromptu dance move as she answers. With Max, an eighth-grader with spiky blond hair and a mischievous grin, she is infinitely patient as he tries to wheedle his way out of reading. He gestures for Daniel to come over, and when she stands inquiringly by him, taps his forehead and says, “What was I going to ask…oh yeah, I forgot the plot.” He smiles...
...meeting was patient, it was passionate, and it went to the heart of everything this—or any university—stands for,” said Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory Jorie Graham...