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URI study examines effects of nutrition guidance house calls
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Poor nutrition is a leading risk factor for death and disability in the U.S., particularly for low-income, minority children, but one...
Five Questions With: Linda Molfesi
Linda Molfesi is president of The Salgi Esophageal Cancer Research Foundation, which she and her family founded in 2011. The internationally recognized, Rhode Island-based...
3 volunteers awarded Southcoast Trustees’ Medal for Outstanding Service
NEW BEDFORD – The board of trustees for Southcoast Health System and the board of trustees for Southcoast Hospitals Group awarded the Southcoast Trustees’...
Beltone hearing instrument specialist helps 89-year-old secure hearing aids
CRANSTON – Mark Zarrella, board-certified hearing instrument specialist at the Beltone Hearing Center in Cranston, applied to the Beltone Hearing Care Foundation recently to...
Rhode Island Medical Imaging donates 400 Christmas gifts to St....
PROVIDENCE – Radiologists, technologists and staff at Rhode Island Medical Imaging donated about 400 Christmas gifts to 170 children who are part of St....
HSRI: Health insurance enrollment up 6% for 2019
PROVIDENCE — HealthSource RI’s open enrollment ended Dec. 31 with 34,600 signed up for health care insurance through the state’s health insurance exchange, about 6...
B&B Consulting asks state to allow medical marijuana as opioid addiction...
WARWICK — B&B Medical Marijuana Evaluation Center/B&B Consulting has petitioned the R.I. Department of Health to add opioid addiction to the list of conditions...
RIDOH: Flu widespread, masks required for unvaccinated health workers
PROVIDENCE – The number of flu cases in Rhode Island has been designated widespread with about 2.7 percent of patient visits at sentinel sites...
UNAP Local 5067 ratifies 3-year deal with Landmark Medical Center
WOONSOCKET – Members of the United Nurses and Allied Professionals, Local 5067, at Landmark Medical Center and the Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island voted...
Salgi Esophageal Cancer Research Foundation grants $62K for cancer breath test
EAST GREENWICH – The Salgi Esophageal Cancer Research Foundation has awarded its second grant in seven years, adding $62,597 to the research coffers of...
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