Updated Guidelines on Secondary Stroke Prevention

An update of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association guidelines incorporates several lines of new evidence. About one in four strokes that occur annually are recurrent events. The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has now...

Lorraine Boucher

WORCESTER — Lorraine (Granger) Boucher, 84, of Worcester passed away Friday, Feb. 18, after a period of declining health, with her family by her side. Her husband, Reynold J. Boucher to whom she was wed for over 40 years, passed away in 1992. She had also lost her...

Hepatitis B in the U.S., 1999–2008

The rates of HBV exposure and chronic infection were significantly lower in 1999–2008 than in 1988–1994; 2-year-olds had higher immunity rates than adults. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the most common cause of liver disease worldwide. HBV-associated morbidity and...