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February 27, 2020
Let’s do a little word association. Hip replacement. Knee surgery. What comes to mind? Overnight. Hospital stay. Lengthy recovery. You may be wrong about that. We’ve come a long way since our grandparents had these operations. Today’s procedures at Connecticut Orthopaedic Institute (COI) at MidState Medical Center are game changers…
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February 27, 2020
Let’s do a little word association. Hip replacement. Knee surgery. What comes to mind? Overnight. Hospital stay. Lengthy recovery. You may be wrong about that. We’ve come a long way since our grandparents had these operations. Today’s procedures at Connecticut Orthopaedic Institute (COI) at MidState Medical Center in Meriden are…
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February 26, 2020
The Hartford HealthCare Ayer Neuroscience Institute at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital has recently welcomed Nabi Chowdhury, MD, who is now accepting patients one day a week at the new CHH Specialty Care office located at 76 Watertown Road, Thomaston. The practice offers neurological evaluations, diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders…
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February 25, 2020
Thousands of visitors made their way to the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville on Sunday for the 11th Annual Healthy Family FunFest. This year’s event showcased more than 100 Hartford HealthCare services lines and community health related resources, including a family fitness challenge, mindful eating tips, free health screenings and…
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February 25, 2020
Age is more than a number when it comes to treating diseases like cancer, as 78-year-old Jane Morello of Cromwell now knows well. When she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last summer – 15 years after battling stage 3 breast cancer – she sought care with geriatric oncologist Dr. Rawad…
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February 24, 2020
Rounded and slightly distorted, the photos give the feel of looking through a ship’s thick glass porthole or the domed eye of a fish at a view that is both wondrous and intriguing. Two dozen pieces from the collection of regarded Wethersfield photographer Jack McConnell’s “Hartford Parallax: ‘Round Hartford” collection…
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February 24, 2020
Patients getting epilepsy care in a specialty center had a lower chance of death, according to a Canadian study released in the Journal of the American Medical Society Neurology. Dr. Gabriel Martz, director of The Epilepsy Center at Hartford HealthCare’s Ayer Neuroscience Institute, said in some cases the challenges of…
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February 19, 2020
UConn Today published a story about Demo Day at the Bushnell Performing Arts Center in Hartford. The night featured 10 start-up companies that have been selected to help transform healthcare delivery through new ways of thinking and technology. The event is part of Hartford HealthCare Innovation and the MedTech Accelerator…
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February 19, 2020
The numbers tell a sobering story – after a dip in deaths from drug overdoses in 2018, Connecticut recorded 1,200, or 18 percent more, drug-related deaths in 2019, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The one stagnant piece of information in the equation, however, is the fact…
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February 18, 2020
On Friday, March 6, therapists from Hartford HealthCare Rehabilitation Network will be on hand at several locations throughout the state to provide information about lymphedema services in recognition of World Lymphedema Day. In preparation for the event, Linda Hodgkins, Clinical Program Manager for HHCRN’s lymphedema services, answers some common questions…