Author: HCN Staff

The Community Research Initiative of New England offers unique insights into ongoing developments in the field of HIV and AIDS.

Staff at The Women’s Center at Noble Hospital recently welcomed a new group of colleagues to their offices, who visited

SPRINGFIELD – Maripat Toye, MS, RN, program manager of Baystate Medical Center’s Children’s Hospital Pediatric/Perinatal HIV/AIDS Program, has received the

NORTHAMPTON — Sixth graders at Westhampton Elementary School met ‘Mr. Gross Mouth’ recently. They held the murky Jar of Tar,

We all remember that first trip to the dentist: squirming in an oddly shaped chair as shiny instruments came toward

GREENFIELD — Ginger Newell-Stokes, MS, RN, a clinical nurse specialist at Franklin Medical Center, was recently published in the Journal

The Western Mass. workforce is about to receive a training boost in the form of a $276,000 grant from the

Each year on Feb. 4, thousands of women and men don their favorite red shirt, dress, tie, or another ruddy

HOLYOKE — Standing center-stage inside a spacious, freshly-painted new suite at Holyoke Medical Center (HMC)’s Radiology Department is one of

HOLYOKE — Whether she’s delivering a baby, performing laparoscopic surgery or educating a woman about birth control options, Dr. Gretchen

SPRINGFIELD – Do you exercise less than two times a week?   Do you have type 2 diabetes and is

The flashbulbs of the paparazzi fire and your favorite actor flashes a dazzling white smile, the same one that will

Attorney Ken Gogel has a pile of papers in the corner of his office about three feet tall; it represents

After 30 years of practicing medicine, Richard Berlin has started a new chapter in his life.   Berlin, a Berkshire-based

Tina Frazier laughed when she said that she no longer has to worry about trying to read physicians’ notoriously bad

GREENFIELD — Katie Bak, BSN, RN, has been appointed nurse manager of the Intensive Care and Telemetry units at Franklin

It’s an exciting time for colon cancer research, according to Dr. George Bowers, a medical oncologist at Cooley-Dickinson Hospital.  

When asked to define the word ‘safe,’ as used in the phrases safe staffing levels and safe patient care, Karen

Dr. Ira Schmelkin puts a lot of himself into his work. And sometimes, that means putting his work into himself.

GREENFIELD — Robyn Miller, MSN, APRN, BC, manager of Franklin Medical Center’s Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, recently gave a presentation on

Until recently, the treatment of varicose veins was an involved, invasive process that left patients unable to work, or even

WARE – Country Bank for Savings, which operates 13 locations throughout Hampshire, Hampden and Worcester Counties, has continued its long-term

Implantable defibrillators aren’t a new concept in the medical world, but like any technologically advanced surgical procedure, they have taken