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SPRINGFIELD — Mercy Medical Center has received the Defect-free Care Award from the Stroke Collaborative Reaching for Excellence (SCORE), a

Margo Rockwell says she recently came across a journal she kept while winding her way through the eighth grade. She

Cesarina Thompson says the recently created program in Public Health at American International College in Springfield represents a coordinated response

Healthcare reform presents new challenges and opportunities for the nursing profession, in both academic and practice settings. The Institute of

Game playing is a common sight these days, not only among young people, but across all generations, as the popularity

When Cooley Dickinson Hospital made its affiliation with Massachusetts General Hospital official last month, respective presidents Craig Melin and Dr.

There was a time when companies could reach their full potential without an effective website, but those days are long

Every year at this time, I think about the popular tongue-in-cheek Staples ad that ran for years on television, where

Divorce, parenting time issues, and full-blown custody battles are not easy. In fact, they are stressful, to say the least.

SPRINGFIELD — Nancy Shendell-Falik, an experienced healthcare and nurse leader with over 15 years of success improving the quality of

Human Resources Unlimited, a Springfield-area nonprofit corporation that helps more than 1,300 people per year with physical and mental disabilities,

We’ve been hearing about electronic health record (EHR) stimulus payments and meaningful use since they were introduced as far back

SPRINGFIELD —  Baystate Medical Center has been named a “top hospital” — the third-best hospital in Massachusetts — in the

WESTFIELD — The Arbors Assisted Living at Westfield recently presented Noble Hospital’s Comprehensive Breast Care Program with $4,000 to support

Dr. Richard Freniere and Dr. Rock Jean-Guillaume have spent their careers in emergency medicine. So they know a little something

Last November, Massachusetts became the 18th state to adopt a medical-marijuana law after voters approved a ballot referendum. The law

Imagine sitting down and eating a bowl filled with 15 to 20 teaspoons of sugar.  According to Dr. Teresa Mitchell,

Surgically shrinking the stomach to combat obesity is nothing new in the medical world. But the options for doing so

It’s called a moment of clarity, or MOC. For anyone with an addiction, it’s that moment when the root problem

Last month it was announced that Baystate Children’s Hospital, in its first-ever recognition by the magazine, had been named in

Summer is here, and your college-aged kids (or grandkids) are on break, or home from school, if only for a

Hundreds of nursing students recently graduated from the area’s colleges with their bachelor’s and associate’s degrees. American International College, Greenfield

New physicians have spent a decade or more building up their human capital through an enormous investment in education and