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‘Speaking of Kids’ fall schedule announced
EAST PROVIDENCE – Bradley Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital will again sponsor a series of workshops called “Speaking of Kids” this fall to help...
Child poverty, uninsured rates up in R.I.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – New U.S. Census Bureau figures released last week show 12.5 percent of U.S. residents lived below the federal poverty line in...
Pharmacy tech program to be offered again
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Skills Center will again offer a 12-week free course in pharmacy technology this fall, in partnership with CVS Caremark Corp.,...
13 million prescriptions filled in R.I. in ’07
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rhode Islanders filled 13,068,463 drug prescriptions at a cost of $765,563,401 at retail pharmacies in 2007, according to new data posted...
RWMC gets $11.8M to advance stem cell research
For the last five years, researchers at Roger Williams Medical Center have been studying bone marrow stem cells and how they might be used...
Web-based service helps docs track patient care
It’s been a year since Providence-based LighthouseMD was acquired by Ingenix, a wholly owned subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group with a clientele that includes federal...
Emergency or not, patients come<br> to Rhode Island ERs
In the next 24 hours, nearly 1,300 patients will come through Rhode Island emergency rooms’ doors. Slightly more than a quarter will be injured...
Study: 3.4M Part D enrollees fell in ‘doughnut hole’ in 2007
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that 26 percent of Medicare Part D enrollees who filled any prescriptions...
CODAC Behavioral Healthcare reaccredited for 3 years
CRANSTON – CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, a statewide provider of substance-abuse and behavioral-health care services since 1971, said last week that it has been awarded...
Study suggests HPV vaccine most worthwhile at young age
BOSTON – A study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine shows it is very cost-effective to administer human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines...
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