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Partners HealthCare was born in 1993, but its powerhouse potential didn't fully hit home until 2000. That's when the emerging giant cut a quiet deal with Blue Cross to ratchet up insurance costs across the state. Nothing in Massachusetts healthcare has been the same since.

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With Obama’s help, House passes sweeping health care bill

WASHINGTON - House Democrats, overcoming nearly united Republican opposition and dozens of defections within their own ranks, narrowly approved a historic health care expansion last night. The bill would provide coverage for 36 million Americans, establish a limited public insurance plan, and prohibit insurers from discriminating against people with preexisting conditions. (By Lisa Wangsness and Susan Milligan, Globe Staff)

Immigrants face hurdles with new care coverage

The Patrick administration has trumpeted its salvaging of health insurance for 28,000 legal immigrants, but the company hired to cover this group has been late assigning doctors and sending enrollment information to many patients, health and immigrant advocates say. (By Kay Lazar, Boston Globe)

Public’s view of health care overhaul has familiar ring

Americans’ opinion of the health care proposals now before Congress is eerily similar to public sentiment about the Clinton health reform initiatives in 1994, according to an analysis published online yesterday in The New England Journal of Medicine - and that may not bode well for Democrats. (By Lisa Wangsness, Boston Globe)

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Q. Is there a link between heart disease and gum disease? A. There is growing evidence that there is, indeed, such a link, and if you have either condition, you should pay extra attention to treating the other as well. That’s the conclusion of a “consensus’’ statement written by leading gum disease specialists and cardiologists published online earlier this year ...

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Early this decade, a large clinical trial showed that after being randomly assigned to follow a healthier diet and exercise more for three years, people at high risk of type 2 diabetes were less likely to develop the disease than people not assigned to make these lifestyle changes. Now a follow-up study demonstrates that the benefits of these changes persisted ...

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Some people need help to kick their Internet and computer gaming obsessions

The trouble signs are all there. They don’t sleep enough, they don’t eat right, they’ve lost touch with their friends, and their school performance has dropped off a cliff. (By Elizabeth Cooney, Boston Globe)

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As we cram more tasks into less time, frustration grows, quality of work drops, and our brains take a hit (By Tara Ballenger, Boston Globe)