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Mother Delivers Daughter Early in Ambulance with Help from EMT Who Trained Baby's Firefighter Father
Kayla Alvarez was on the way to the hospital when her daughter Mariah decided to make an early arrival.
UMass Memorial Health allergist provides tips on how to prepare for allergy season
Just a week into spring and the weather still feels anything but.
UMass digital hub provides peek into future of remote patient management
When the University of Massachusetts Memorial Health in Worcester opened its digital hub last fall, it provided a glimpse of what the future o
Worcester doctor shares story of prostate cancer diagnosis in an effort to raise awareness of the disease
A Worcester urologist is sharing his experience of being diagnosed with and battling prostate cancer.
Dr. Mitchell Sokoloff, chair of Urology at UMass Memorial Medical Center, was diagnosed earlier this year and had surgery in April to remove the cancer.
Recommendations Issued for Managing Chronic Constipation
Karim Alavi, M.D., M.P.H., from UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, and colleagues developed guidelines for evaluation and management of chronic constipation.
The authors present six strong recommendations and seven conditional recommendations.
‘It is just as we thought it would be’: Fire chiefs lament impacts of NVMC closure
“We have gone from an average 2.7 miles drive, to a 12 or 16 miles drive to either Leominster or Concord,” Johnston said in a phone call Friday. “On Wednesday, we didn’t have at least one of our two ambulances in town pretty much all day … . It is just as we thought it would be.
Central Mass. child fights to beat cancer, with help from a friendly robot
Features Robin the Robot, a support Robot in the pediatric wing at UMass Memorial Medical Center – University Campus and its’ interactions with five-year-old patient Levi Pasquino.
'Time to act': Overdose deaths decline in Worcester, but the work isn't done
Mentions UMass Memorial Health's efforts in helping to bring down overdose deaths in Worcester.
Field of purple flags remembers Massachusetts lives lost to overdoses
The 2,125 purple flags at UMass Memorial Health represent each life lost to an opioid-related overdose in Massachusetts in 2023. The annual event is about honoring the story behind every single flag and raising awareness.
Growing concern amid spread of mosquito-borne viruses
Dr. Richard Ellison, immunologist and infectious disease specialist at UMass Memorial Medical Center, is interviewed about mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEE).
UMass Memorial Health unveils new life flight ambulance
UMass Memorial Health is showing off a new ambulance that brings the resources of a life flight helicopter to the streets.
Letter: Ob-gyns look forward to working with midwives to boost care
Letter from Dr. Luu Ireland of UMass Memorial Medical Center applauding the Legislature’s passage of the maternal health bill.
UMass Memorial Medical Center NICU to celebrate 50th anniversary with NICU babies' reunion
This segment features the 50th anniversary of the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and features Chair of Pediatrics, Larry Rhein, MD, MPH, and former NICU patient, Todd Bishop, who is now a healthy father with two children of his own.
'It continues to mutate': Parts of Massachusetts seeing COVID-19 case rise
Dr. Michael Hirsh says COVID-19 isn't going away anytime soon. In fact, as the virus continues to mutate, Hirsh says it looks to be a permanent fixture like the flu.
"Their mission is to spread widely, but not necessarily make us so sick," Hirsh said.
Great hospitals in America | 2024
The list features the Medical Center as a leading nonprofit academic medical center with excellence in cutting-edge medical technology and specialist services.