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Public Announcement Concerning A Proposed Health Care Project

Boston Medical Center (“Applicant”) located at 1 Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02118 intends to file a request for a minor amendment to its approved Determination of Need ("DoN") Project #4-3C32. The DoN authorized a substantial capital expenditure for new construction and renovation at the Applicant's Menino Campus to permit the transfer of patient services sited at the Applicant's East Newton Campus.

40 is the New 30: Except when it comes to your Breasts

It’s no secret that breast cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths for women in the United States. The greatest defense is a great offense and that “offense” is early detection through breast cancer screening, typically with mammograms, once every year starting at age 40.

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In Utero Tobacco Exposure Can Lead to Executive Function Issues in Adolescents

(Boston) – June 1, 2017 – Prenatal tobacco exposure is known to have negative short-term impacts including preterm birth, low birth weight and subsequent behavioral issues. However, a new study found that the negative impacts can last well into the child’s future. The results showed that exposure to as few as 10 cigarettes a day was associated with negative impacts on the executive function of adolescents who were exposed prenatally. Published online in Drug and Alcohol Dependence, the study is the first to look at the long-term impact on students in a high school setting and demonstrates the importance of providing more evidence-based smoking cessation programs to women of childbearing age and pregnant women.

Primary Care Hepatitis C Treatment Program Shows Promise for Success, Broader Implementation

(Boston) - May 9, 2017 - By employing a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model of care, Boston Medical Center’s (BMC) Adult Primary Care Practice successfully treated 66 patients with the hepatitis C virus (HCV), or one-fifth of those referred into the program, using new oral medications between March 2015 and April 2016. A PCMH is a model of primary care focused on comprehensive, team-based, and coordinated care that is accessible to all patients and centered on quality and safety. BMC’s multidisciplinary team approach demonstrates that physicians in primary care settings can deliver HCV care and is important to expand HCV treatment.

Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine’s Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH, FACP, to Receive National Award from the American College of Physicians

Established by ACP’s Board of Regents in 2014, the award recognizes distinguished contributions to the integration of behavioral medicine with traditional medicine. This award is given to an individual who has furthered the care of patients by recognizing the importance of caring for the whole patient, both mind and body.

Scientists Aim to Create the World's Largest Sickle Cell Disease Stem Cell Library

(Boston) Jan. 19, 2016 - Scientists at the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) are creating an induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-based research library that opens the door to invaluable sickle cell disease research and novel therapy development.