Marion Davis
R.I. joins national anti-smoking campaign
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health announced last Wednesday that it is joining an “unprecedented public health campaign” created by an alliance of...
NFIB forum lets business owners speak out <br>on health care
PROVIDENCE – Dozens of local small business owners spoke out about health care concerns last Thursday at the Providence Marriott Hotel during the National...
State wins CDC award for childhood immunization rates
WOONSOCKET – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week recognized Rhode Island as one of the best states for childhood immunizations.
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Nursing home database now flags worst facilities
WASHINGTON – Looking for a good nursing home, and hoping to avoid facilities with a history of trouble? A new feature on the Nursing...
Brown scientists link reproduction, aging
PROVIDENCE – Biologists at Brown University have found new evidence of a link between reproduction and lifespan, showing that fruit flies live longer when...
Connecting students with educational opportunities
Seven years ago, in his final semester at Brown University, Craig Powell came up with a business concept he thought could revolutionize college applications....
Neighborhood rebuilding starts in the community
You know Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse. You know The Procaccianti Group. But deep in the neighborhoods, they’re not the big players, the developers...
R.I.’s oldest nursing home to pioneer new practices
Imagine a nursing home furnished with day beds. At night, residents would sleep in them, but during the day, they’d be folded up as...
Landmark considering merger with Memorial Hospital
Landmark Medical Center, which has been struggling financially and has approached Lifespan twice in the last year to discuss the possibility of joining the...
Lifespan: Patient safety is ‘highest priority’
The senior clinicians were there, of course, but also the managers in everything from personnel to housekeeping, corporate executives and trustees – almost 400...
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