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BOSTON — Resolutions focusing on scope of practice, on-call coverage, prior authorization, and medical-staff governance were among several adopted by

SPRINGFIELD — Mercy Medical Center has been awarded a $40,000 grant from the Massachusetts affiliate of Susan G. Komen for

SPRINGFIELD — Surgeons at Baystate Medical Center have enrolled the first patient in a national, multi-center study of the potential

Physicians undergo years of education and training to promote wellness, cure illness, and preserve and protect life. But we’re also

Results of a survey recently published in Cancer show that patient-physician discussion about colorectal cancer screening tests is the single

For owners of small businesses and their workers, the recently enacted health-reform legislation has some key provisions to pay attention

While the state of Massachusetts has mandated certain computerization of medical data by 2012, Holyoke Medical Center says it has

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‘I’m so stressed out!’ ‘I just can’t take it anymore!’ Certainly, almost all of us have made one, or both,

Mankind is a species characterized by its achievements through innovation. Unlike all other organisms, our genus devotes countless amounts of

Baystate Names Sarvet Vice Chair of Psychiatry SPRINGFIELD — Dr. Barry Sarvet, who joined the Department of Psychiatry at Baystate

Stopping the Spread Dr. Joanne Levin, medical director of Infection Prevention at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, recently went to Atlanta to

The health care reform movement has introduced a new acronym, ACO, which stands for accountable care organization. An ACO is

SPRINGFIELD — Since the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, the American Red Cross Pioneer Valley Chapter has received an

WARE — Once a month, a friendly and caring group of people meet and help each other as they go

WALTHAM — The Massachusetts Medical Society(MMS) and Alliance Charitable Foundation have awarded 11 grants totaling $150,000 to agencies across the

SPRINGFIELD — Breast-cancer survivors and their friends are invited to attend the 13th annual Rays of Hope Breast Cancer Survivors’

WARE — Quabbin Pediatrics in Ware has taken a step toward improving the lives of children and families in the

NORTHAMPTON — The term ‘doppler’ has become synonymous with television meteorologists in on-air weather reporting. The term is also used

WARE — The public is invited to attend a free seminar discussing estate planning and elder law offered by Attorney

GREENFIELD — The Oncology Department at Baystate Franklin Medical Center and Dr. Joel Gordon, dermatologist, will co-sponsor a free skin-cancer

HOLYOKE — Family members rated the care that their loved ones receive at the Mont Marie Health Care Center as

For most Americans, aches and pains come and go. However, roughly 10{06cf2b9696b159f874511d23dbc893eb1ac83014175ed30550cfff22781411e5} of Americans experience chronic pain or pain that

Oral health is a little like Rodney Dangerfield — it doesn’t get the respect it deserves. Ten years ago, the