Making primary care nexus of the new community
Dr. Michael Fine is an old-fashioned primary care physician. As physician operating officer of Hillside Avenue Family and Community Medicine in Pawtucket, he has...
Spreading the quality gospel across R.I., the nation
This is the fourth in a series of 12 PBN articles focusing on the backgrounds, challenges and successes of some of the area’s most...
Medical market demand fuels local firm’s success
A local medical components company that manufactures textiles used in sutures, heart stents and other medical procedures recently doubled the size of its operation...
National Grid pandemic flu plans serve as models
As this year’s flu season begins – the third since the World Health Organization issued a dramatic warning that a deadly strain of bird...
R.I. gets $600K from OxyContin settlement
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Medicaid Fraud Unit has recovered $589,310 from the federal government’s OxyContin settlement, Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch said last Tuesday....
It’s time for Rhode Island to take bold action.
We live in cynical times. We believe principle is rarely part of the process in politics. We question the sincerity of our elected leaders;...
R.I. to get $8.3M in federal drug-treatment aid
WARWICK – Rhode Island will receive $8.3 million over the next three years to help provide substance-abuse treatment and recovery services, according to a...
Brown med student one of 2007 ‘Angels Among Us’
DUBLIN, N.H. – Brown University medical student Rajiv Kumar, 24, of Providence, is one of five New Englanders featured by Yankee Magazine in its...
UnitedHealth 3Q profit rises 15% to $1.28B
MINNETONKA, Minn. – UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH), the nation’s largest health insurer, today reported a 15-percent increase in third-quarter earnings, as an increase in profitability...
BCBS, Red Cross honor eight Community Heroes
PROVIDENCE – Eight Rhode Islanders will be honored tomorrow at the Sixth Annual Community Heroes Breakfast Celebration, a collaborative effort of Blue Cross &...
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