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October 26, 2019
Several recent scientific papers have tackled the health effects of alcohol, some claiming there are health benefits while others suggest…
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October 26, 2018
PHOTO CREDIT: Gage Skidmore via Flickr It was a prescription for painkillers after eye surgery that served as the entry…
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October 26, 2018
While we have gotten better at treating cancer and heart disease, that is not the case with suicide. Suicides are…
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October 08, 2018
October is a time for spooky spaces, graveyard visits and haunted happenings. In most cases it’s frightening fun. But children…
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September 27, 2018
It might start subtly or be something easily attributable to the nuances and stresses of growing up, but first-episode psychosis…
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September 21, 2018
Raising teens to have a positive body image isn’t easy. And it seems to have become more complicated in the…
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September 17, 2018
Every summer and Christmas vacation from high school through medical school found John Santopietro, MD, DFAPA, donning a rubber apron…
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September 17, 2018
It’s one of those abbreviations that gets tossed around freely in conversation, but OCD, or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, is a…
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September 14, 2018
Youth suicide is a growing health concern. In fact, it’s the second-leading cause of death for young people between the…
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August 15, 2018
Suicide prevention is a topic that’s very close to Patricia Hayward-Paige’s heart. The Natchaug pharmacy technician lost a close friend to…