Tag: Health Matters
Rise of concierge healthcare has raised concerns
As a nurse practitioner at Brown University Health’s East Greenwich office, Pamela Lauria has met with new patients who tell her that she’s their...
Delivering tailored meals as a health care strategy
At a glance, a Food is Medicine meal delivered by Meals on Wheels of RI Inc. might not appear different than one of the...
First-year data signals success at harm reduction center
When Rhode Island became the first state in the U.S. to authorize a government-regulated overdose prevention center in 2021, the novel nature of the...
New ‘Express Care’ clinic bridges mental health gap
With outpatient mental health clinicians often having weekslong to monthslong waiting lists, people experiencing acute mental health difficulties often find that their only option...
Universities stocking naloxone on campus to prevent overdoses
Amid routine preparations for the school year ahead, this past summer resident assistants at universities across Rhode Island received new training on how to...
Brown aims to become epicenter for RNA research
Ribonucleic acid, or RNA, has emerged as one of the more puzzling mysteries of modern medicine and one that Brown University researchers are untangling.
RNA...
Salve nursing students take detour from classroom
After several semesters of delivering presentations and listening to them in a humdrum classroom, Salve Regina University senior Taylor Barnaby is hitting the road.
And...
Filling a desperate need in pediatric dentistry in R.I.
The calls from anxious parents come into the Samuels Sinclair Dental Center all the time, and the story is often the same.
Their child needs...
Fight over Medicaid alarms OB-GYN patients
Planned Parenthood patients are worried.
Many patients in Rhode Island and elsewhere who rely on the nonprofit for OB-GYN services could lose that assistance under...
Questions for a doctor? These walkers gladly trek 2 miles to...
Jay Mendes had become very familiar with the waiting room at The Miriam Hospital’s Men’s Health Center in Providence after going to countless appointments...
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