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WARE — Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood, and just one donation can help save two lives. With

WORCESTER — Fallon Health, a not-for-profit healthcare-services organization, announced it is strengthening its commitment to the people it serves in Western

WESTFIELD, WARE — Baystate Noble Hospital and Baystate Mary Lane Hospital are among a select group of hospitals and transplant centers

WALTHAM — Led by the American Medical Assoc., (AMA), with participation from the Mass. Medical Society (MMS), the nation’s physicians have

LONGMEADOW — Bay Path University’s master’s program in occupational therapy welcomed 160 students to campus on Monday, July 27, for a

SPRINGFIELD — Dr. Maura Brennan, program director of the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship at Baystate Health, has been awarded a three-year, $2.25

NORTHAMPTON — Cooley Dickinson Hospital (CDH) received the Mission: Lifeline Silver Referring Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality-improvement measures outlined

HOLYOKE — In preparation for the opening of Holyoke Medical Center’s Wound Care Center this fall, two hyperbaric oxygen chambers were

SPRINGFIELD — Come celebrate the 90th anniversary of Shriners Hospitals for Children in Springfield at the sixth annual Walk for Love

SPRINGFIELD — Susan Canning and representatives of KEVS Foundation presented a check recently to Nancy Bazanchuk, Disability Resources Program director for

Deaths and injuries from firearms continue to shine a spotlight on gun violence as a public-health issue. The latest mass

America has a proud tradition of empowering consumers. You can walk into any grocery store in the country, pick up

Healthcare is changing rapidly due to reforms in the system, the aging population, and the growing number of patients with

Summer weather can pose special health risks to older adults and people with chronic medical conditions. It is critically important

River Valley Names Ansel Executive Director HOLYOKE — River Valley Counseling Center (RVCC), a member of Valley Health Systems and affiliate to

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Dr. Andrew Gurman, M.D., president-elect of the American Medical Assoc. (AMA), recently addressed efforts at the federal level

WASHINGTON — In a letter sent recently to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS), the largest nonprofit dedicated to the brain-tumor community in the U.S.,

PALMER — Baystate Wing Hospital has received the Get with the Guidelines – Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award for implementing

GREENFIELD — Registration is now open for the eighth annual Wheeling for Healing bike ride on Sunday, Aug. 16, which supports

SPRINGFIELD — The city of Springfield and Falvey Linen Supply Inc. have announced a plan for the Rhode Island company to

PALMER — Hearing loss is one of the most common conditions affecting older adults. According to the National Institute on Deafness and

NORTHAMPTON — Attorneys Julie Kling and Mark NeJame, partners at NeJame & Kling Law Offices of Florence and Northampton, were recently

NORTHAMPTON — Each year, Cooley Dickinson Hospital (CDH) makes nursing scholarships available thanks to the generosity of donors who wish to

HADLEY — The Greater Northampton, Amherst Area, and Greater Easthampton chambers of commerce will host an informational session on the earned-sick-time

GREENFIELD — The “Keeping Care Local” campaign for Baystate Franklin Medical Center, now underway to raise community support for the hospital’s

BOSTON — The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation is set to present the grant guidelines for the next phase

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Spending on healthcare for children (birth to age 18) covered by employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) grew an annual average of

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Medical Center (HMC) has received three national and state awards for excellence in stroke care, including the American

CHICOPEE — Elms College has received a new grant of more than $500,000 to improve health equity in Western Mass. by

WASHINGTON, D.C. — With fewer than three months remaining until the nation switches from ICD-9 to ICD-10 coding for medical