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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
By NICOLE CLEGG
Nicole Clegg is the interim CEO of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England and Planned Parenthood New Hampshire Action Fund. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (PPNNE) is facing a financial crisis unlike any we have experienced in our...
By NED HELMS
Ned Helms of Concord is former Commissioner of HHS and founding director of the Institute for Health Policy at UNH. As someone with over three decades of experience in healthcare, I’ve witnessed significant changes in our industry. We’ve made...
By JULIE STONE
Julie Stone, Vice President of Strategy for Granite VNA in Concord, Laconia & Wolfeboro. Our healthcare system is strained. While this is not breaking news, the impact that it continues to have on patient care is critical. At a time when hospital...
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Another case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus, or EEE, has been detected in a horse, this time in Northwood, according to the state Department of Health.Epsom, as a result, raised its arboviral risk to moderate from low, the town said in an email...
By DAVID BROOKS
Moving results from the research world into the real world can be a real challenge but I think the challenge is hardest when the research concerns people’s health.It’s one thing to show that a medicine or treatment or practice helps patients in a lab...
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