Five Questions With: Jennifer Shea
You are what you eat, and all too often, what we eat is not necessarily good for us. While nutrition labels provide some help...
Partners buying out Mass. Neighborhood Health Plan
BOSTON – The state’s largest hospital system, Partners Healthcare, has signed a letter of intent to take over Neighborhood Health Plan of Massachusetts, a...
New program offered for parents in distress
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital’s Department of Psychiatry has launched a Parent Wellness Program to address the needs of parents struggling with children’s physical...
Lifting weights may help smokers kick the habit
PROVIDENCE – Resistance training, or weight lifting, can do more than just build muscle: it may also help smokers kick the habit, according to...
Youth suicide-prevention program awarded $480K
WARWICK – The Rhode Island Youth Suicide Prevention Project has been awarded a three-year, $480,000 federal grant, the R.I. Student Assistance Services announced on...
Hospital receives $164K from Dunkin’ Donuts
PROVIDENCE – Hasbro Children’s Hospital has received a gift of $164,093 from Dunkin’ Donuts, as a result of the second Iced Coffee Day in...
Doctor, nurse assistant have licenses suspended
PROVIDENCE – Dr. Robert J. Villarreal, a 32-year-old, former junior attending physician at Rhode Island Hospital and a 2005 graduate of Brown University’s Warren...
Sports-injury prevention webinars offered by RIH
PROVIDENCE – The Injury Prevention Center at Rhode Island Hospital is continuing its series of free webinars on sports-injury prevention during August.
Emergency medicine...
Stat Ambulance Service in Dartmouth expands
DARTMOUTH – Stat Ambulance Service, and its sister company, Stat-Southcoast EMS, will expand its office space to accommodate plans for increased growth, according to...
Fatima’s cancer program receives ACSCC accreditation
NORTH PROVIDENCE – The cancer program of Our Lady of Fatima Hospital received a three-year accreditation with commendation by the American College of Surgeons...
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