Imagine what it must be like to live your life as a world renowned cardiologist, a celebrated medical scholar, and an international spokesperson for…
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Public Offers Suggestions For Cutting Medicaid Costs
More than 75 Rhode Islanders packed a small meeting room at the Peacedale Public Library Monday, to share their suggestions for improving Medicaid while…
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Bradley Scores Federal Funding To Train New Docs
A technicality in the law has meant that children’s psychiatric hospitals could not compete for graduate medical education funding from the federal…
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Price Of Life Saving Anti-Overdose Medication Skyrockets
The price of naloxone, a drug that can reverse a drug overdose, has skyrocketed. That’s affecting efforts to prevent overdose deaths. Michelle MacKenzie…
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Teamsters, Rhode Island Hospital forge tentative agreement
The Teamsters Union Local 251 and Rhode Island Hospital management have reached a tentative agreement on a four-year contract that the union says will…
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TGIF: 20 Things to Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media
Happy spring (although it may not feel like it for days, if not weeks), and thanks for stopping by for my weekly column. As usual, your tips and…
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Are Rhode Islanders Aware Of The Dangers Of Fentanyl?
Rhode Island is still grappling with soaring numbers of drug overdose deaths, many of them involving the painkiller fentanyl. It’s not clear the message…
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Happy Match Day, Future Docs!
Today, medical students across the country found out where they’ll be spending the next several years of their training, as a resident. It’s called…
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Supporters, Opponents Square Off On Raising RI’s $2.89 Sub-Minimum Wage
A new coalition held a Statehouse news conference Thursday to press for an increase in the state’s $2.89 sub-minimum wage. Supporters call this a…
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Kids’ Mental Health Hospitalizations Doubled Since Recession
Since about 2007, the percent of all hospitalizations of kids 18 and under for a mental health reason has nearly doubled. According to state public…