Tag: Health Matters
An approach to addiction that’s uncommon in R.I.
As someone who has gone through his own struggles with addiction recovery, Garrick Wann knows just how meaningful it is to spend time with...
R.I. pharmacists looking for a bigger role in care
Pharmacist Ginger Lemay noticed something was off when one of her regular customers approached the counter several weeks ago at the chain pharmacy where...
Transcranial magnetic stimulation treatments are helping patients with depression
Akos Antwi recalled the day when one of her clients who had been suffering with depression for more than 30 years came to her...
Text from thoughts could give ALS patients a voice
As a critical care neurologist, Dr. Leigh Hochberg often sees patients who have acute, ongoing and even life-threatening illnesses or injuries to their nervous...
Closing R.I.’s language gap in behavioral health care
When Joise Garzon embarked on her career several years ago after completing Rhode Island College’s Master of Social Work program, colleagues and acquaintances would...
Short-stay unit at Butler to ease burden at ERs
Normally, the auditorium at Butler Hospital in Providence is a gathering spot for conferences and panel discussions on behavioral health issues. But in early...
R.I. part of interstate pact key to mental telehealth
Providing mental health care to patients out of state has been a conundrum facing Rhode Island practitioners for as many years as there have...
High-tech exoskeleton lending a hand, arms and legs
Early last December, Chuck Allen was enjoying a lazy afternoon at home in North Kingstown. His wife, Becky, had run out for a few...
Amid housing shortage, access to care wavers
Sitting next to a campfire in a homeless encampment in a wooded area in Providence, emergency room physician Dr. Rebecca Karb found herself looking...
PC poised to feed R.I.’s health worker pipeline
Rhode Island is about to get a new source of nurses and other health care professionals.
Plans for Providence College’s new School of Nursing and...