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‘Avenue of Hope’: New Treatment Being Tested in Worcester Shows Promise for Postpartum Depression
For some women, postpartum depression can cast a long shadow over what they thought would be the happiest time of their life. “I should be happy, why am I not happy?”, said Shalea Niles of Dorchester as she described how she felt after the birth of her third child. “It...
Mass. Health Officials: Passenger on Boston-Bound JetBlue Flight Had Measles, Prompts Health Alert
Here’s How To Fix Primary Care for the Highest-Need Patients
Massachusetts health care, often praised for its excellence, is experiencing systemic strain. Our primary care infrastructure is falling woefully short, with many people unable to access a provider.
‘Avenue of Hope’: New Treatment Being Tested in Worcester Shows Promise for Postpartum Depression
For some women, postpartum depression can cast a long shadow over what they thought would be the happiest time of their life. “I should be happy, why am I not happy?”, said Shalea Niles of Dorchester as she described how she felt after the birth of her third child. “It kind of put me in a space...
Baby blues usually happen in those first two weeks following a delivery. If they extend beyond two weeks, then we get more concerned about postpartum depression.
Dr. Tiffany Moore Simas | Obstetrics & Gynecology
What Precision Care AI Looks Like at Enterprise Scale — 4 Takeaways
With an estimated 140,000 health AI companies competing for health system attention, the challenge for executives is no longer whether to adopt AI but how to evaluate which platforms will deliver at scale.
Okami Medical Enrolls First Patient in Vascular Occlusion Registry
Okami Medical announced that it enrolled the first patient in the ALPHA Registry evaluating its LOBO vascular occlusion system. The company designed LOBO (low-profile braided occluder) to provide controlled mechanical occlusion of peripheral vessels.
Robotic-Assisted TKA Yielded Improved Rates of Patient Satisfaction vs Conventional TKA
Results presented here showed patients who underwent robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty experienced improved satisfaction and greater improvement in patient-reported quality of life vs. conventional TKA.
UMass Memorial Introduces Minimally Invasive EUS-RFA Therapy to Extend Life of Pancreatic Cancer Patients
Brook AI: Remote Patient Monitoring Cuts Readmissions and Boosts Hypertension Control – CEO Interview (2026)
The landscape of healthcare delivery is undergoing a significant shift, with remote patient monitoring (RPM) emerging as a crucial component of modern care. Seattle-based health technology company Brook.ai is at the forefront of this transformation, recently securing $28 million in Series B funding...
Five New GI Devices to Know in 2026
How Smart Hospitals Push Forward From Pilot to Practice
Meet the Innovators in Health Care 2026
Recognizes UMass Memorial Health’s Arvin Garg, founding director of the Child Health Equity Center and associate chief quality officer, and David McManus, Chair of Medicine, in BBJ’s 2026 Innovators in Health Care.
Shields and UMMH Advancing Access to Innovative Healthcare
New healthcare technology will soon be available to residents in Central Massachusetts as Shields Health strengthens its partnership with UMass Memorial Health with the addition of a first-of-its-kind PET/CT (Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography) scanner.
It can identify little spots of spread much earlier than the traditional MRI, CT scan or bone scan would do, so it just helps so much of the management.
Dr. Mitchell Sokoloff | Chair, Department of Urology
Robots, dogs and Legos help kids cope during hospital visits
The skills boosting physicians’ value in the next 5 years
As new technologies like AI and machine learning change the way that medicine is practiced across healthcare settings, clinical leaders are paying close attention to the skills that will be valued and needed over the next five years.