HEALTH

New coalition aims to improve residents' health

In the wake of the national obesity epidemic - 73.7 percent of adults in the United States are overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control - and the steady rise of chronic disease resulting from it, Massachusetts leaders have come together to tackle the problem head-on. More »

American Heart Association details new CPR guidelines

The American Heart Association (AHA) is re-arranging the ABCs of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in its "2010 American heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care," published in "Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association." More »