Stadium has special place for sensory-sensitive fans
Amid the cheering, chants, drumming and pyrotechnics during a Rhode Island FC soccer match, a small room located on Centreville Bank Stadium’s south end...
At this school clinic, students get checkups, then career mentoring
As Rhode Island continues to face a shortage of health care workers, a first-of-its-kind program using students from Brown University’s medical school is attempting...
Proton radiation therapy center expects to boost cancer care in Rhode...
Dr. David Wazer has sent hundreds of cancer patients to Boston because the treatment they needed didn’t exist in Rhode Island.
Brown University Health, where...
Hospitals see benefits to bringing care home
When 90-year-old Doris Witt was taken to the hospital a few weeks ago because she was having trouble breathing, the elderly Warwick resident wasn’t...
Tiny brain implants aim potent radiation at tumors
When Arnaldo Dacruz was diagnosed with brain cancer, he and his wife, Dorothy, were blindsided.
Now they have hope with the help of a treatment...
Complex breast reconstruction procedure requires microsurgeon with ‘extreme’ talent
Patients who will undergo mastectomies as part of breast cancer treatment now have a new option for natural breast reconstruction in Rhode Island.
Care New...
New Brown research on mass spectrometry could transform sample analysis
After 10 years of trial and error, Brown University researchers have discovered a method to dramatically improve mass spectrometry technology, a development that could...
In-person memory cafes return with help from assisted living communities
Laurie Gunter Mantz tried hosting memory cafes over Zoom for months. But it just wasn’t working.
Memory cafes are gatherings meant to provide those living...
R.I.’s new ‘shield law’ protecting providers of abortions, gender-affirming care
Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated the constitutional right to abortion in 2022, some health care providers have...
A picture of health: Exhibit at medical school shows reality of...
Fashion stylist Marcus John was preparing a friend for a gala in New York City eight years ago when he noticed she was shying...