Marion Davis
R.I. hits record job count in spite of slow economy
With the war in Iraq, the mortgage foreclosure crisis and many other factors dampening the economy nationally and in Rhode Island, observers have been...
With modest goals, Chamber scores legislative wins
Laurie White’s first year as president of the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce brought some important victories, most notably the passage of a Chamber-sponsored...
R.I. hits record job count in May<br> in spite of slow...
CRANSTON – The job count in Rhode Island once again has hit a record: 498,000 payroll jobs, an increase of 200 from April, with...
Envisioning a future built on genetics
Mapping the human genome was only the beginning. Since then, scientists around the world have probed deeper and deeper into our DNA, looking for...
Struggling to revamp primary care
Dr. Albert Puerini Jr. loves his job. He leaves home by 7:15 every morning to visit patients in the hospital, then heads to his...
Gauging health by patients’ views
If you give a new drug to a patient with arthritis, how do you gauge its effectiveness? You can measure how far each finger...
R.I. literacy project aims<br> to educate patients – and doctors
The challenge is greatest for people who don’t speak English, or for those whose education is so limited that reading anything is difficult, so...
Panel critiques ‘wellness’ plans
Ted Almon believes in healthy living. He works out every morning, he eats well, he gets regular checkups, and as president and CEO of...
Brown team creates a new way to visualize music
“Fantasia” was the pioneer, with whole stories set to classical music. Today, it’s iPods and computer MP3 players that run algorithms – some simple,...
Report touts economic, social impact of hospitals
A doctor at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Providence takes it upon herself to help an Iraq War veteran who’s become...
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