Ethics issues put cloud over Beacon Hill
Accusations that House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi did favors for friends with state business has touched off a government investigation as well as a battle between two representatives interested in succeeding him, state Reps. Robert DeLeo and John Rogers. More »
Federal grant to send Mass. students on Rwandan trip
Over the next two years, students at two Massachusetts schools will learn just how much the choices they make affect both their own lives and the world around them. More »
Study: Wider cholesterol drug use may save lives
NEW ORLEANS - People with low cholesterol and no big risk for heart disease dramatically lowered their chances of dying or having a heart attack if they took the cholesterol pill Crestor, a large study found. More »
BE HEALTHY - A complicated problem needs a disciplined attack
Melissa Joyce is at least honest. She had never heard of metabolic syndrome. She did not know that it could have contributed to her diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in 2002. More »
