HEALTH

Diabetes before motherhood on the rise, Calif. study shows

LOS ANGELES - The number of pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes has more than doubled in seven years, a California study found - a troubling trend that means health risks for both mothers and newborns. More »

Cost control key for Mass. health reform

It may be the least sexy buzz-phrase on Beacon Hill, but "cost containment" could make or break the state's landmark, and oft-scrutinized, health care law. More »

State lab dedicated to Dr. William Hinton

Gov. Deval Patrick on Monday commemorated the achievements of Dr. William A. Hinton, the first African American professor at Harvard Medical School and an internationally renowned researcher on sexually transmitted diseases, by renaming the Department of Public Health's State Laboratory Institute in his honor. More »