It’s Everyone’s Problem Amigas de Pecho Educates Latinas about Breast Cancer
All types of women are susceptible to breast cancer, Vilmarie Villanueva said — but you wouldn’t know it by watching
Read MoreAll types of women are susceptible to breast cancer, Vilmarie Villanueva said — but you wouldn’t know it by watching
Read MoreGov. Deval Patrick recently joined a widening group of officials nationwide touting a vaccine against human papilloma virus (HPV) approved
Read MoreSimply being elderly and mobile can be a minefield. Staying at a hospital shouldn’t have to be. According to the
Read MoreTerri Neal found her calling more than two decades ago. Well, she stumbled upon it, actually, in a dimly lit
Read MoreIt happens all the time: after spending a lifetime amassing some savings and perhaps a small inheritance for the next
Read MoreHowever unpleasant it may be to contemplate and prepare for our inevitable departure, we must. That’s because none of us
Read MoreGrand Opening Cooley Dickinson Hospital recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open its $50 million New Patient Building and Kittredge
Read MoreEvery medical and dental practice should have an employment agreement in place for each of its doctors, as well as
Read MoreThe trends have been widely reported in health care for years: a rapidly aging population, combined with advances in technology
Read MoreWhile beginning to research this story about the rise of prescription drug abuse among teenagers, The Healthcare News visited Google
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — The Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority has granted its Connector Seal of Approval to five Health New England
Read MoreFor all the uncertainties associated with modern medicine, most people continue to believe in the sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship
Read MoreSuddenly, everyone is concerned about the cost of health insurance. Massachusetts municipalities are raising taxes, cutting services, and even contemplating
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — Women who are overcommitted with busy work schedules or family obligations, and thus haven’t had the time to
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — Those planning their fundraising walk schedules in anticipation of the warmer spring and summer weather should note that
Read MoreWARE — John O’Neill, girls field hockey coach at Quaboag Regional Middle High School in Warren, is once again busy
Read MoreHOLYOKE — Dr. David Gottsegen has been elected chief of Pediatrics at Holyoke Medical Center. A graduate of Brown University,
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — Mercy Hospice, a program of Sisters of Providence Care Centers Inc., is seeking volunteers to visit with patients
Read MoreBOSTON — The board that oversees the state’s landmark health insurance law voted recently to delay key elements by 18
Read MoreThe American Hospital Assoc. has released a survey showing that hospitals across the country are embracing health information technology (IT)
Read MoreWESTFIELD — Already the recipient of a statewide award for excellence, the medical reconciliation process at Noble Hospital has been
Read MoreNORTHAMPTON — As Cooley Dickinson Hospital prepares to unveil 116,000 square feet of new space this month, Volunteer Services Director
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — Dentists, oral health advocates, early childhood care providers and educators, and oral health officials joined Partners for a
Read MoreWEST SPRINGFIELD — According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median age of Western Mass. residents increased by exactly one
Read MoreBOSTON — The Kenneth B. Schwartz Center is soliciting nominations for its ninth annual Compassionate Caregiver of the Year Award.
Read MoreSUNDERLAND — Allies in Recovery (AIR), a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the family members and friends of those with
Read MoreIn the brochure Susan Jaye-Kaplan hands out to promote Go FIT, the logo features three words below the title: walking,
Read MoreYoung Hee Kim’s office is a room right off the Mercy Medical Center cafeteria. But she spends much more time
Read MoreNot everyone takes their dental health to heart. Maybe they should. A study reported last month in the New England
Read MoreCall it too much of a good thing. It’s a common lament of parents these days: “I had never heard
Read MoreIf you have an allergy that never ends when seasons change, you may be allergic to the spores of molds
Read MoreFor people being treated for allergies, it can be somewhat of a pain to be subjected to shots about once
Read MoreGoing Digital Nearly 100 people attended the March 14 open house for Wing Memorial Hospitals digital mammography suite. Wing Memorial
Read MoreAs I wrote last month, deciding which legal form of entity to practice under involves weighing the various pros and
Read MoreThere was a time in health care, Mark Tolosky said, when a person’s first major hospitalization was often the last.
Read MoreGeorge Koller beamed with appreciation over the recent $1.75 million donation to Noble Hospital — even though he had no
Read MoreLUDLOW — Keystone Senior, LLC has broken ground and begun construction on Keystone Commons, a new 90-unit, $15 million independent
Read MoreNORTHAMPTON — Cooley Dickinson Hospital has earned the Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of
Read MoreGREENFIELD — As Franklin Medical Center nears completion of its $5.5 million Second Century Campaign, three more corporations have made
Read More“The best health care decisions are made not by government and insurance companies, but by patients and their doctors,” said
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