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Wing Memorial Hospital and Medical Centers, as a member hospital of UMass Memorial in Worcester, will now have access to

NORTHAMPTON – Donna G. Truesdell was hired recently as Cooley Dickinson Hospital’s quality improvement director. Truesdell, a master’s prepared nurse,

WILBRAHAM — The Louis & Clark drugstore chain recently announced four new appointments at three of its Springfield locations.  •

Amie Cashman, RN, was looking for something different.Her work as a nurse was rewarding, but the hours and the stress

Steven Allen, M.D. likens it to trading in a Yugo for a Ferrari.   That’s how he chose to describe

PITTSFIELD — Rebecca D. Takis-Smith has been appointed a physician assistant in Cardiology at Berkshire Medical Center. She will work

LONGMEADOW — Theo Glickman, retired Springfield teacher and past chair for the Jewish Nursing Home, was honored with the 2003

PITTSFIELD — Prakash Malkani, M.D. has been named chairman of the Radiology Department at Berkshire Medical Center and Fairview Hospital.

PALMER — Wing Memorial Hospital announced that Dr. S. Triantos, a board-certified oncologist, will again be seeing patients in the

Buying prescription drugs online in the United States is so easy that the Federal Trade Commission is looking into ways

The surveys are unannounced, but for most nursing homes, they come like clockwork, about once a year. The experience goes

Did you hear the one about the man and his cat?   Scott Ziskin likes to tell that story. The

Frances Bernier Wing Medical Center Monson and Ludlow   Position: Nurse Manager Education: Diploma, St. Vincent Hospital School of Nursing;

The common image of fitness clubs as opportunities to show off toned bodies and create dating opportunities might be an

When SARS first showed up in Massachusetts late in March, anxiousresidents watched doctors address the issue on TV.   Then

It’s all about peace of mind.   That’s the feeling of backers of a recently introduced bill that would mandate

“When you look back at the history of home health care, you find it reaches back to Florence Nightingale,” said

Glance at a map showing the geographic distribution of biotechnology employment in the Bay State, as measured by the Mass.

Strategies to combat the national nursing shortage in the long term must begin on the nursing-school level. And, to be

PALMER — Thanks to a $35,000 donation from Country Bank, a new and improved nurses’ station has been built in

PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Health Systems (BHS) recently announced the appointment of four new members of its Board of Trustees. The

According to recent findings by the state Department of Public Health, Springfield has the highest rate of obesity in the