22+ hour, 10+ min ago   (609+ words) I have a good friend named Sue Cairn. Though I am an avid hiker, I have trouble keeping up with her on the trails — even though she wears a helmet and knee pads and poles when she and her husband…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (781+ words) I’m driving to New York on Friday. When my good friend said he was having his birthday party on Sept. 11, my reaction was, “You’re having a party on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks?” After all these years, the anxiety…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (415+ words) My dad took this image of my mom and me in June 2026, days before my mother received an early-stage dementia diagnosis, likely Alzheimer’s disease. I’ve always expected grief and devastation for families after this diagnosis. The drugs available in the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (720+ words) PLAINFIELD — Less than 200 years ago, Western medical practices still followed a 1,500-year-old textbook. When diagnosed with an illness ranging from seizures to pneumonia, patients could be bled. Medicine cabinets were loaded with herbal concoctions. Did they work? It was unclear....

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (532+ words) NORTHAMPTON — After fatal overdoses claimed 978 lives in Massachusetts and 17 in Hampshire County last year, the community gathered for a vigil at Forbes Library Thursday evening to honor their lives and legacies. International Overdose Awareness Day — a day dedicated to remembering…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (380+ words) Before this new law, Massachusetts had a 24-week gestational ban, with narrow exceptions. Rep. Sabadosa said the exceptions framework led hospital administrators and their attorneys to deny necessary medical care for fear of criminal or civil liability, forcing women to…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1043+ words) Public trust in the CDC has hit bumps in the road during infectious disease outbreaks, but for medical professionals, Snyder said, “the CDC used to be, worldwide, the most trusted source of information pertaining to public health and infectious disease....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (933+ words) Dr. Jonathan Schwab doesn’t read newspapers and doesn’t engage in politics. But the Northampton pediatrician, who has practiced for 35 years, closely follows medical journals and scientific literature. He says the Trump administration’s new vaccine recommendations don’t add up. President Donald…...