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A growing number of nursing homes are treating the agitation and disruptive behavior that often accompany dementia without resorting to antipsychotics.
Searchable database
The Globe has compiled a database of every US nursing home, showing their use of antipsychotic drugs, registered-nurse staffing, and percentages of residents with behavioral problems.
The purchase is part of Bedford-based Hologic’s plan to create a diagnostics franchise focused on women’s health.
A motivated principal is a major factor in helping underperforming Mass. schools, but there is no sign that replacing half the teaching staff makes a difference, according to a report.
When Mass. Republicans went to their caucuses on Saturday, less than half of the 27 delegates Mitt Romney chose to support him at the GOP nominating convention won.
RAYTHEON CO.
Waltham’s Raytheon Co. is competing for a contract with the Air Force to create a so-called Space Fence to monitor and catalog the garbage that is in the earth’s lower orbit.
Celtics Notebook
Asked about a possible ban after his altercation with referee Marc Davis, Rondo said: “We’ll see, it’s out of my control.”
Bob Ryan
In the Hawks’ Game 1 win over the Celtics, Smith showed a national TV audience that the talk about him being one of the NBA’s best may not just be idle propaganda.
JAMES CARROLL
Cloistered and detached as it seems now, the monastic life was, in St. Benedict’s day, a model for forward progress.
G Cover
Electronic health records are being used in more hospitals and doctors’ offices, so how are they doing? Do the e-records protect and promote patient safety?
From the Archives | Photos
The Swan Boats are treasured icons that have graced the Public Garden for more than 130 years.
Having conquered the road, it’s time for the Red Sox to establish themselves as a good home team.
Type 2 diabetes is more difficult to treat for those under age 20 than it is for adults, a nationwide study indicates, and cases involving young people continue to rise.
At Royale, Edwards covered the gamut from roots-rock with a Crazy Horse kick to quiet, fingerpicked folk.
The president’s new video ad questions whether his Republican challenger would have ordered the raid that killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
Two studies have reported evidence that a constellation of telltale markers in blood may one day help diagnose depression, but further testing is necessary, scientists warn.
The first column of the 100th floor of 1 World Trade Center will bring the tower to a height of 1,271 feet, making it 21 feet higher than the Empire State Building.
Bedwetting — which becomes a medical condition called nocturnal enuresis after kids reach the age of 5 — is far more common than you might think.
