January 06, 2021
Maybe you skipped your annual screening mammogram because the pandemic closed down many medical facilities, you don’t have time or…
December 14, 2020
By Shawn Mawhiney and Steve Coates Nine months after the first COVID-19 patients emerged at Hartford HealthCare (HHC) hospitals, a…
December 03, 2020
Years of computer keystrokes, repetitive hand movements, trauma or congenital defects can cause pain from the fingers to the neck…
October 12, 2020
Connecticut Children’s and Hartford HealthCare announced Oct. 12 that they have formed a Pediatric Care Alliance to provide the children…
October 06, 2020
There’s more to the change of seasons than the falling leaves and urge to pick pumpkins – there’s also a…
September 22, 2020
While uncertain if recent increases in infection numbers signify that the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has begun, Hartford…
September 15, 2020
Fall means foliage and, unfortunately, flu. This year, the double-whammy of the seasonal respiratory ailment and a predicted second wave…
September 03, 2020
Shhhhhhh! We’re trying to prevent infection here! Keeping your conversations quiet – or not having them at all! – is the latest suggestion for containing the spread of COVID-19. Dr. Jose Jimenez, a professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder who researches disease transmission, told The Atlantic that loud…
September 01, 2020
You’ve heard the one about honey as a home remedy for upper-respiratory misery caused by the common cold. It’s no…
August 31, 2020
As the superhero in “Black Panther,” actor Chadwick Boseman was fierce, but his recent death, at 43, represents a frightening national…
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