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Sisters Deliver ‘Twin Cousins’ on Same Day at Same Hospital: ‘Everyone Was Shocked’
Discussing Hantavirus Concerns
Kudos for Milford Regional...
Community rallies for 26th annual UMass Cancer Walk presented by Harr Toyota
More than 2,000 participants descended on Polar Park in Worcester for the 26th annual UMass Cancer Walk presented by Harr Toyota on Sunday, Sept. 29. The event honored superheroes—patients, survivors, family members, researchers, health care providers, sponsors and volunteers. This year, more than...
Milford Regional and UMass Memorial Health Formalize Their Corporate Affiliation
Effective October 1, affiliation strengthens Milford Regional’s community-focused mission
Worcester, Mass. (October 1, 2024) - UMass Memorial Health (UMMH) announced today that Milford Regional Medical Center, inclusive of Milford Regional Physician Group, and its employees are now formally part of...
'Sickest of the sick': Life Flight 3 for critical care transport
UMass Memorial Health’s new ambulance dubbed “Life Flight 3” is essentially an intensive care unit on wheels.
12 local nurses in same ICU unit all give birth to baby boys
12 local nurses in the same ICU unit all recently had babies, all of them boys.
Guardian Angel: Nurse Saves Local Woman Twice in One Week
Wendy Lyon considers Stacy Keddy to be her guardian angel and it’s easy to understand why. Keddy came to her aid not once, but twice.
UMass Memorial Health Makes $5M Gift to Support Five New Endowed Chairs
The UMass Memorial gift, in partnership with University of Massachusetts Foundation, establishes new endowed chairs which support efforts to impact more patients across the region.
WORCESTER, Mass., September 26, 2024 – UMass Memorial Health (UMMH) today announced that five new UMMH endowed chairs...
5 Questions with Dr. Eric Dickson, President & CEO of UMass Memorial Health
Q&A with Dr. Eric Dickson, President and CEO of UMass Memorial Health, on the Steward health care crisis, physician shortages, rising healthcare costs and news at UMass Memorial Health.
63 Hispanic and Latino leaders to know | 2024
Lists Sergio Melgar, Executive Vice President and CFO for UMass Memorial Health and Connie Camelo, Director of Interpreter Services at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Becker’s Hispanic and Latino leaders to know list for 2024.
63 Hispanic and Latino leaders to know | 2024
Lists Sergio Melgar, Executive Vice President and CFO for UMass Memorial Health and Connie Camelo, Director of Interpreter Services at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Becker’s Hispanic and Latino leaders to know list for 2024.
Worcester doctor shares story of prostate cancer diagnosis in an effort to raise awareness of the disease
A Worcester urologist is sharing his experience of being diagnosed with and battling prostate cancer.
Dr. Mitchell Sokoloff, chair of Urology at UMass Memorial Medical Center, was diagnosed earlier this year and had surgery in April to remove the cancer.
Recommendations Issued for Managing Chronic Constipation
Karim Alavi, M.D., M.P.H., from UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, and colleagues developed guidelines for evaluation and management of chronic constipation.
The authors present six strong recommendations and seven conditional recommendations.
‘It is just as we thought it would be’: Fire chiefs lament impacts of NVMC closure
“We have gone from an average 2.7 miles drive, to a 12 or 16 miles drive to either Leominster or Concord,” Johnston said in a phone call Friday. “On Wednesday, we didn’t have at least one of our two ambulances in town pretty much all day … . It is just as we thought it would be. The staff here is...