Sunday, May 19, 2013
Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 64-year-old woman in fairly good health and who takes no medications. Both my mother, 88, and my sister, 53, take medication for hypothyroidism. In the past four months, I have had blood work done three times to check my thyroid and had …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
New London Hospital Administrator Earns Health Care Quality Credential New London — Lori Underwood, senior director of quality improvement and projects at New London Hospital, recently earned the Professional in Healthcare Quality certification. The certification addresses a variety …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Springfield, Vt. — Springfield, Vt.-based Health Care and Rehabilitation Services has earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for three years. It is the only state-designated community mental health agency in Vermont to receive the accreditation, HCRS said in a news release last week. The nonprofit provides …
Friday, May 17, 2013
New London — After two months of negotiation, officials from Dartmouth-Hitchcock and New London Hospital sent their affiliation agreement to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office Tuesday, marking the next step in what has been a long process in establishing a governance and administrative collaboration between the two …
Friday, May 17, 2013
Dear Dr. Roach: I am writing on behalf of my mother. For the past 17 months she has been experiencing what she feels are parasites coming out of her skin. She has seen multiple doctors, including skin doctors. They have done blood tests, X-rays and endoscopies, and she …
Friday, May 17, 2013
Lebanon — Dartmouth-Hitchcock will no longer be funding a traditional pension after 2017 and instead will shift employees onto a different retirement program, changes that are aimed at saving millions of dollars as the organization adjusts to new realities in health care. Nearly half of the 7,900 people …
Friday, May 17, 2013
Dear Dr. Roach: For the past five years I have been using vaginal estrogen. I was first given Estradiol Cream. I have always had very thick, curly hair. In less than a week I started noticing hair coming out in my hands when washing it. Within a couple …
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Woodstock — The building that is home to the Ottauquechee Health Center has been sold to a developer, who will renovate it and has long-term plans to keep it as a place for primary and specialty care. The nonprofit Ottauquechee Health Foundation sold the property last month for …
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
White River Junction — The Vermont Legislature gave final approval yesterday to a bill that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana and hashish, clearing the way for the bill to be signed into law by …
Monday, May 13, 2013
Dear Dr. Roach: My 11-year-old daughter suffered a stress fracture on her lower spine a couple of years ago from doing back handsprings in gymnastics. She wore a back brace for a while, and now has no more problems in that area. However, her upper back/shoulder area has …