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Dr. Shevaughn Kealy Joins Amherst Medical Associates AMHERST — Cooley Dickinson Medical Group welcomed Dr. Shevaughn Kealy to its team

BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker and the Mass. Department of Public Health (DPH) announced that $700,000 will be awarded to

SPRINGFIELD — Every season has its own unique set of safety hazards, and the winter months are no exception. These

CHICOPEE — Elms College announced that Dr. James O’Connell, president of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, will

PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Medical Center has been recognized for excellence in joint replacement and pulmonary care by Healthgrades, the leading

SPRINGFIELD — Dr. Matthew Brackman announced he will be offering the new ReShape Integrated Dual Balloon System at his Tummy

NORTH ADAMS — Berkshire Health Systems announced it will expand access to emergency care in Northern Berkshire County with the

SPRINGFIELD — The ORBERA Managed Weight Loss System is the newest FDA-approved procedure for weight loss and is garnering interest

BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, House Speaker Robert DeLeo and executives from the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership

WESTFIELD — Baystate Noble Hospital announced that its 32nd annual 5K Run & Walk for a Noble Cause will be

LEE — Porchlight VNA/Home Care will begin serving the Berkshires with its falls-prevention program, Move in Time, with the support

MINNETONKA, Minn. — Massachusetts scores high rankings for its low percentage of uninsured residents, low infant-mortality rates, and low prevalence

NORTHAMPTON — Clinical & Support Options (CSO) announced it has achieved a four-year national accreditation through the New York-based Council

GREENFIELD — Baystate Franklin Medical Center’s (BFMC) Oncology Department will present two eight-week yoga classes called “Gentle Yoga for Cancer

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield College communication sciences and disorders students, who are members of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Assoc.,

Since 1910, with the exception of a few years dominated by the 1918 flu pandemic, heart disease has been the

As we head into 2016, it is important to think about some of the things that will impact physician practices

Dr. Philip Glynn says a recently announced partnership between Mercy Medical Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven Hospital

They named her Noelle. She is the “obstetrics simulator” used by students at Holyoke Community College, and by Michelle Sherlin’s

Experts say many children and adolescents don’t get enough sleep. The reasons vary from family to family, but since parents

Worried parents have all kinds of reasons why their kids shouldn’t participate in social media, Elizabeth Morgan said. But perhaps

When Dr. Kinga Pluta’s daughter was diagnosed with type I diabetes at the age of 18 months, she and her

In the last five years of life, total healthcare spending for people with dementia was more than $250,000 per person,

How come New Year’s resolutions always seem to center around dieting and getting in shape? You spend your holiday dinner

Q. I sat down with my family after Christmas and discussed several New Year’s resolutions, one of which was making

Panniello to Coordinate Dining at Ruth’s House LONGMEADOW — Ruth’s House, the assisted-living residence at JGS Lifecare, announced the appointment

Every 20 years or so, there is a generational shift in the workplace. The most recent generation — the millennial

ATLANTA — With growing concerns over the global public health threat posed by antibiotic resistance, the American Medical Assoc. (AMA)

WESTFIELD — Baystate Noble Hospital has been awarded a $1.2 million CHART grant from the Mass. Health Policy Commission (MHPC)

AUSTIN, Texas — With less than one year until the 2016 presidential election and as America’s addiction epidemic receives increasing

LEE — Porchlight VNA/Home Care has been awarded a five-star rating by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

WALTHAM — With more than 1,000 overdose-related deaths last year, and the widespread suffering it has caused, the epidemic of

NORTHAMPTON — Adults who would like a referral to behavioral-health services now have easier access thanks to the addition of

SPRINGFIELD — Mercy Medical Center announced it has been recognized as a 2014 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures by

ATLANTA — Responding to the billions of advertising dollars being spent to promote prescription products, physicians at the interim meeting

SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield College International Center; the Springfield College School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation; and the Beijing

LONGMEADOW — Martin Baicker, president and CEO of JGS Lifecare, announced that JGS Lifecare will be working with the Green

SPRINGFIELD — Berkshire Bank Foundation is investing in Baystate Academy Charter Public School’s (BACPS) new program, Project Lead the Way,