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Opinion: A holiday wish: Congress must pass PBM reform
12-08-2024 6:00 AM

By WILLIAM MURPHY

William Murphy is director, Advocacy & Public Policy, Epilepsy Foundation New England. As New Hampshire families plan for the holidays, many are making careful calculations – not about gifts or celebrations but how to afford their prescription...

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Republicans to introduce more transgender-related bills
12-09-2024 3:55 PM

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Earlier this year, New Hampshire lawmakers banned transgender girls from competing on girls’ school sports teams and prohibited some gender reassignment surgeries for minors.Those efforts will continue next year as several Republicans have filed draft...


Opinion: Pulling back the curtain: How big hospital chains extract maximum profit from NH patients
12-07-2024 7:00 AM

By JOSH PARKER

Josh Parker is an operations project coordinator in Milford. It’s no secret that healthcare costs have skyrocketed in recent years. According to some estimates, Americans now owe at least $220 billion in medical debt. And yet, rates of chronic disease...


Sununu’s final request: a Dartmouth takeover of Hampstead Hospital.
12-04-2024 5:15 PM

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Chris Sununu has one ask before he leaves the corner office: to see Dartmouth Health take over operations at Hampstead Hospital.He knows it’s a unique proposition – the private hospital would lease the facility from the state, gaining full control...


‘Anything you can do to make a difference’: Men Wear Pink brings breast cancer awareness to schools, stores, companies, and more
12-04-2024 1:17 PM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Charles “Chuck” Lloyd’s closet grows pinker by the year. He now owns pink socks, ties, shirts, and even a pink suit.The Bow resident and vice chancellor for the state’s community college system has participated in the American Cancer’s Men Wear Pink...


Opinion: Clarifications on Medicare Advantage
11-28-2024 4:00 PM

By NED WOODY

Ned Woody lives in Bow. Ahmed Kutty’s recent My Turn was a timely one. With Medicare open enrollment under way, seniors face what is often a confusing choice about their Medicare options. While I generally share Mr. Kutty’s opinion that...


Opinion: Medicare enrollment, seniors beware!
11-26-2024 6:00 AM

By AHMED KUTTY

Ahmed Kutty, MD lives in Peterborough. A week ago, HS my 89-year-old neighbor asked for help to make sense of the calls and ads that were creating confusion and consternation to choose among various Medicare Advantage plans being pitched to her. My...


New Hampshire lawmakers to revisit medically assisted death in next legislative session
11-25-2024 4:55 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Legislation allowing terminally ill individuals to legally end their lives through medication is back on the table for next year’s legislative session but with one change – patients would be prohibited from taking the prescribed medication in public...


E.coli outbreak triggers carrot recall
11-19-2024 4:32 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Several brands of whole and organic carrots, including 365, Good & Gather, Nature’s Promise, and Trader Joe’s, have been recalled after being linked to a multistate outbreak of E. coli, the state health department announced Tuesday.  The Shiga...


Opinion: Continuing the progress of long-term care in NH
11-19-2024 6:00 AM

By BRENDAN WILLIAMS

Brendan Williams is the president and CEO of the New Hampshire Health Care Association. As Gov. Chris Sununu leaves office, his legacy will no doubt be subject to bouquets and brickbats, depending on one’s partisan view. However, from the perspective...


Concord businesses support reproductive rights with free emergency contraceptives
11-17-2024 12:01 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Behind the counter at Thorne’s of Concord, a personal health and intimate wellness store on Main Street, James Roesener springs into action whenever the phone rings with a request for discreet curbside pickup.With practiced care, Roesener packs little...


Facing the tomorrows: Finding comfort, care and courage in hospice
11-16-2024 9:00 AM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Yvette Lascelle has a favorite saying: “It is what it is.” “Whatever happens, happens,” Lascelle said with a faint smile. “They try to prevent it, but you can’t always prevent it.” The 81-year-old has been fighting multiple myeloma, or plasma cell...


Home Care & Hospice Month: Ten things to know about hospice care
11-16-2024 9:00 AM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

November marks Home Care & Hospice Month, a time to celebrate the caregiving professionals and volunteers who work with many people around the state – and the country.When some hear “hospice,” they often think of death. But hospice can be so much more...


Inside New Hampshire’s new mental health housing facility for adults with mobility challenges
11-12-2024 5:20 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Down a long hallway, 12 doors lead to rooms bathed in a pale blue with cozy beds draped in gray comforters. Each room is finished with a bedside table and wardrobe to create an inviting atmosphere with a subtle, calming palette.These rooms will become...


Riverbend to open 12-bed facility in Concord for adults with severe mental health needs
11-10-2024 5:26 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Riverbend Community Mental Health is set to open a 12-bed facility in Concord, providing much-needed housing and on-site care for adults dealing with acute mental health challenges.Located at 278 Pleasant Street, the facility will offer 24/7 staffing,...


Opinion: Climate change and children
10-22-2024 6:00 AM

By PATRICIA EDWARDS

Dr. Patricia Edwards is a pediatrician and member of Healthy Climate New Hampshire, a coalition of health professionals concerned with climate change. I grew up in New Hampshire and remember when you knew that it was Memorial Day because the lilacs...


Opinion: The medieval promise of Project 2025
10-18-2024 6:00 AM

By ROBERT S. KIEFNER

Robert S. Kiefner, MD, retired family physician, lives in Concord. Project 2025 is a compilation of greatest hits of the Heritage Foundation, and a guidebook for those intent upon “taking our country back” — to the Middle Ages, that is. Although...


Thousands scramble for health coverage as Medicare Advantage firms leave N.H.
10-08-2024 12:37 PM

By DAVID BROOKS

Tens of thousands of New Hampshire seniors will have to find new supplemental health insurance coverage next year because some companies, including Harvard-Pilgrim, Humana and Wellcare, are pulling out of the Medicare Advantage business in the...


Granite Geek: I have long dismissed opponents of public water fluoridation but maybe I went too far
10-07-2024 4:07 PM

By DAVID BROOKS

A couple of recent events have created a really horrifying thought for me: “Oh my gosh, what if the cranks were right and I was wrong?!?”In this case the cranks – my term, not theirs – are the people who say fluoride shouldn’t be added to public...


‘Just keep fighting, and it will slowly get better’: NAMI NH Walks returns to support mental health for all
10-03-2024 6:04 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Emily Shirlock has seen it all.From the heartbreak of losing a dear friend to suicide, enduring losses in the family and battling trauma during college, to confronting her struggles with her own mental health, her journey has been anything but...


New dashboard tracks mental health performance in New Hampshire, spotlighting the need for more systemic improvements
10-03-2024 5:01 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The wait time across the state for inpatient psychiatric beds in emergency rooms has consistently remained under five days since January. This sign of improvement is one of the many metrics the state is now tracking more comprehensively with the...

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