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HOLYOKE — Holyoke Medical Center has received the American Stroke Assoc. (ASA) ‘Get With The Guidelines-Stroke’ (GWTG-Stroke) Silver Performance Achievement

NORTHAMPTON — Due to increased demand, PET/CT scans are now offered more often at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. In November, CDH

SPRINGFIELD — The Diagnostic Imaging Department at Mercy Medical Center has added a new open-bore MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) unit

As medical imaging exams have replaced more invasive procedures, benefiting patients and revolutionizing medicine, Americans’ exposure to medical radiation has

Sociologists and the media define the Baby Boom generation as those born in the United States between 1946 and 1964.

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Chalk up one for the environment — although not all asthma sufferers are happy about going ‘green.’ The inhalers that

Sim-ply Generous MassMutual recently made a $150,000 donation to Springfield Technical Community College’s School of Health and Patient Simulation. The

Changes in health care reimbursement in the last decade have shifted more payment responsibility to patients. Co-pays and deductibles have

NORTHAMPTON — Cooley Dickinson Hospital was awarded the 2007 Betsy Lehman Patient Safety Recognition Award at the fourth annual Betsy

CHICOPEE — Elms College is extending the deadline for applications for the spring semester for its new Masters of Science

The choice between expanding health coverage and controlling health care costs is a false choice based on a false assumption:

In this Internet age, patients face a dizzying array of sources for health care information. Search for ‘diabetes’ on Google,

Blondin Earns Certification in Oncology Nursing WARE — Sheila Blondin, a registered nurse with the Baystate Regional Cancer Program in

NORTHAMPTON – Providing access to leading-edge imaging technology for its patients, Cooley Dickinson Hospital now offers PET/CT, a form of

WARE — It may not be a college town, but more than 12 nursing students from area colleges are learning

NORTHAMPTON and AMHERST — This fall, Cooley Dickinson Hospital began offering MRI scans to women at high risk for developing

WARE — Pam Wallace has been the manager for Surgical Services at Baystate Mary Lane Hospital for more than 10

SPRINGFIELD — Mercy Hospice, a program of the Mercy Senior Care Network, is seeking volunteers to visit with patients and

BURLINGTON, Mass. — The Mass. Hospital Association (MHA) recently announced that all Massachusetts hospitals will adopt a uniform policy not

SPRINGFIELD — Students at the Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School of Excellence in Springfield are getting extra help for