UnitedHealthcare joins fight against childhood obesity
Rhode Island – like the nation as a whole – is facing an epidemic in childhood obesity, with severe long-term health and economic consequences....
Airborne flu research sparks censorship debate
WASHINGTON – The U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity, a government advisory panel, has asked two journals, Science and Nature, to keep certain...
Hasbro Children’s Hospital doctor honored
PROVIDENCE – Dr. Carol Lewis, pediatrician and director of the Hasbro Children’s Hospital Refugee Health Clinic, was awarded a Covering Kids Award by Rhode...
Good health for the New Year
PROVIDENCE – A series of free, monthly workshops, “Are you in pursuit of good health?” will be offered at the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer...
R.I. firm helps launch suicide program
PROVIDENCE – E4 Health Inc., in partnership with The Jason Foundation, has launched a new suicide prevention program, “Guard Your Buddy,” working with the...
Dickens’ ‘Christmas Carol’ still instructs on how to care
Charles Dickens’ emotional roller coaster is a powerful seasonal talisman: we’ve cried over Tiny Tim, cheered Scrooge’s spirit-driven generosity, and, at the end, sighed...
R.I. among states to file in cigarette suit
RICHMOND, Va. – Rhode Island joined several states and U.S. territories in filing a friend-of-the-court brief in a lawsuit over proposed graphic cigarette warning...
Boston out-drinks Providence
PROVIDENCE – Providence has ranked at the bottom of another list, but in this case it may be a good thing.
The Daily Beast took...
Steward quits hospital group to advocate on its own
BOSTON – Steward Health Care System, operator of 10 Massachusetts hospitals, “abruptly resigned” from the “leading” hospital association in Massachusetts, The Boston Globe reported...
First ACOs named by HHS
WASHINGTON – No Rhode Island-based hospital systems or physicians groups were selected by the U.S. Health and Human Services on Dec. 19 to be...
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