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Recent Media Coverage
Boston Medical Center news, features, and physicians in local and national media.
McCourty Cooks For A Cause At Boston Medical Center
The Boston Globe, Sept. 13, 2017
BMC had a very special sous-chef in the Demonstration Kitchen this week: two-time Super Bowl champion and New England Patriots safety, Devin McCourty! Devin came by to prepare a healthy snack for BMC's adult and pediatric patients with sickle cell disease.
Why Are Trans Youth Clinics Seeing an Uptick in Trans Boys?
Slate.com, Sept. 13, 2017
"One of the big things I push is that the evidence is for gender identity being biological - as scientists we should be thinking about it as, the biology is what it is, and so then what’s the treatment approach?” said Joshua Safer, MD, medical director of BMC's Center for Transgender Surgery and Medicine.
Trump Administration Cuts Funding for Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs. Here Are the Serious Consequences.
The Washington Post, Sept. 7, 2017
Carolyn Smith-Lin, MD, an obstetrics & gynecology resident at BMC, explores the reasons why more than $200 million in federal grants were cut to scores of organizations that work to decrease teen pregnancy rates — and what the serious consequences are.
6 Tips for Finding a Good Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center
U.S. News & World Report, Sept. 7, 2017
Michael Botticelli, executive director of the Grayken Center for Addiction Medicine at BMC, encourages anyone who is looking into treatment centers to check whether they considering offering medications, such as naltrexone and methadone, which have been useful in increasing retention in treatment.
Mass Maritime Ship, Local Nurses Head To Houston To Assist Harvey Victims
CBS Boston, Sept. 6, 2017
BMC nurses, including Jeanne Hanlon, RN, BSN, traveled to Webster, TX, with the Massachusetts Hospital Association to assist with Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.
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Recent Press Releases
Official press releases issued by Boston Medical Center.
One in 12 Doctors Accepts Payment from Pharmaceutical Companies Related to Opioids
Aug. 9, 2017
One Fall Too Many
Aug. 8, 2017
Jennifer F. Tseng, MD, MPH, Appointed Chief/Chair of Surgery at Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine
July 20, 2017
Team-Based Model Reduces Prescription Opioid Use among Patients with Chronic Pain by 40 Percent, Study Finds
July 17, 2017
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