Blowing Smoke Despite Progress, Cigarettes Continue to Be a Major Public Health Problem
For generations, Americans have heard the risks of smoking trumpeted in public-service announcements and read them right on cigarette packages.
Read MoreFor generations, Americans have heard the risks of smoking trumpeted in public-service announcements and read them right on cigarette packages.
Read MoreAny location with the word ‘cancer’ in its name can’t be a desirable destination — or can it?“This is not
Read MoreHometown Heroes The American Red Cross of the Pioneer Valley staged its sixth annual Hometown Heroes Breakfast on March 20,
Read MoreDoctors often ponder whether it is better to own their medical office space (MOS) or rent from someone else. Ownership
Read More“Mike the medical student was so ready to start his career…”“How ready was he?” “He was so ready, he asked
Read MoreThe Mass. Hospital Association’s board of trustees has unanimously endorsed a new, innovative education curriculum aimed at providing hospital trustees
Read MoreWALTHAM — The Mass. Medical Society (MMS) welcomed the release of the “Patient Charter for Physician Performance Measurement, Reporting and
Read MoreHOLYOKE — The Care Center will celebrate its students and staff at its annual dinner at the Log Cabin Tuesday,
Read MoreRon St. Peter, a 14-year veteran of the U.S. Postal Service, had a steady career with good benefits. But something
Read MoreIt’s called ‘specialized long-term care.’ That’s an industry term, and maybe the most expeditious way to categorize the services provided
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — Results from a research study initiated at the Breast Care Center at Mercy Medical Center hold promise that
Read MoreWEST SPRINGFIELD — Brightside for Families and Children and Behavioral Health Network Inc. (BHN) recently announced an agreement that will
Read MoreThe closest you can come to heresy in today’s health care policy debate is to suggest that managed care can
Read MoreThere is something that Gov. Deval Patrick’s newly minted — and desperately needed — Office of the Child Advocate needs
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — Life Laboratories has been awarded accreditation by the Commission on Laboratory Accreditation of the College of American Pathologists
Read MorePALMER — The Quaboag Valley VNA (QVVNA) of Wing Memorial Hospital has been named to the 2007 HomeCare Elite, a
Read MoreSheth Targets Prevention at Cardiovascular Practice HOLYOKE — When he recently joined Hampden County Cardiovascular Associates, Dr. Nirav Sheth said
Read MoreGREENFIELD — Baystate Health has concluded its search for a new president to lead Baystate Franklin Medical Center. Trish Hannon, senior
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — Baystate Medical Center will host its 11th Annual Breast Cancer Survivors’ Day, “Celebrating Life,” on Saturday, April 12,
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — Identifying and developing wellness techniques and spiritual resources to address the impact of compassion fatigue on health care
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — Mercy Medical Center has been approved for Bariatric Surgery Accreditation by the Bariatric Surgery Center Network (BSCN) Accreditation
Read MoreWALTHAM, Mass. — The Mass. Medical Society (MMS), which recently offered testimony before the Joint Committee on the Judiciary on
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. — The president-elect of the Mass. Medical Society put forth five recommendations to improve primary care medicine and
Read MoreDuring a trip to Cusco, Peru in 2005, Dr. Simone Topal blogged about meeting a 9-year-old girl named Ocdulia, who
Read MoreNeil Forbes, an assistant professor of Chemical Engineering at UMass Amherst, has received a four-year grant of more than $1
Read MorePictures, Carolyn Ruszala says, can be intimidating. Especially when it comes to the photographs that grace the covers of books
Read MoreThey’re called ‘lunchtime procedures,’ and they’re not just for the Hollywood set anymore.Treatments such as Botox injections, ultrasound facials, and
Read MorePam Roberts wrote about prayers — for help, for endurance, for the cancer to retreat … and for the chance
Read MoreMichaelan Burke was 13, and her teen years were not getting off to the best of starts. “I was getting
Read MoreBeing a hospital patient typically means a loss of control — particularly for a child. That’s why having a dog
Read MoreBack in the 1950s and 1960s, when scientists were making the discoveries that would lead to LASIK surgery, the idea
Read MoreA cataract is an opacification, or clouding, of the natural lens inside of the eye. The lens helps someone focus
Read MoreThere is a changing paradigm in health care, referred to as consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), which is presenting a significant
Read MoreRadio Days The success of the 94.7 WMAS Children’s Miracle Network Telethon gave people plenty of reason to smile. Above
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — This year’s 7th annual 94.7 WMAS Children’s Miracle Network Radiothon not only broke a record by raising $201,000
Read MoreMary Tarbell calls it “a framework for the future of nursing education and practice in Massachu-setts.” That’s how she described
Read MoreWARE — The day itself was cold and snowy; seven inches of new snow fell to the ground that day,
Read MoreDr. Emily Grandey describes a woman — fictional, but plausible — to show just how serious dementia can be, and
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — It’s not a crime to be a “change bandit,” at least not when it’s for this year’s annual
Read MoreCHICOPEE — Thirty employees of the Holyoke Health Center are taking a 10-session Elms College course called “Pathways to Cultural
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