By Kate Farrish The state Board of Examiners for Nursing this week disciplined three nurses, including suspending the license of a Stamford Hospital nurse accused of stealing Dilaudid meant for 21 patients. The registered nurse,…
By Susan Campbell In May 2017, Maura B. Gallagher entered Stamford Hospital for a Cesarean section for her unborn fraternal twins. According to a lawsuit filed by her family, Gallagher was 38 and an avid…
By Cara Rosner Cancers linked to the human papillomavirus (HPV) rose dramatically in a 15-year period, even as the rates of young people being vaccinated climbed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported….
By Peggy McCarthy William Evans grew up in Brookfield, a high school tennis player from a family with an Ivy League pedigree. By the time he was working at his first job after college, he…
By Cara Rosner Five Connecticut nursing homes have been fined for violations that jeopardized residents’ safety.The state Department of Public Health (DPH) fined Amberwoods of Farmington $9,060 following an incident in which a resident threatened…
By Kate Farrish The state Medical Examining Board disciplined three doctors on Tuesday, including fining a Norwich doctor $7,500 for failing to keep his prescription pad secure.The board also reprimanded the doctor, John Paggioli, who…
By Kate Farrish The state Board of Examiners for Nursing disciplined three nurses on Wednesday, including suspending the license of an East Hartford nurse who tested positive for alcohol just two months after being placed…
By Kate Farrish A psychiatric nurse from Durham who lost a $4.2 million malpractice decision in 2016 in connection with her care of a patient who committed suicide was reprimanded Wednesday by the state Board…
By Cara Rosner The state Department of Public Health (DPH) has fined four nursing homes following staff errors and lapses in care earlier this year. Gardner Heights Health Care Center in Shelton was fined $3,480…
By Cara Rosner Four Connecticut nursing homes have been fined by the state Department of Public Health (DPH) for various violations that hurt or endangered residents. Orchard Grove Specialty Care Center in Uncasville was fined…
By Christine Woodside Carl Jordan Castro Photo. Nancy Arnold sits in the living room of her Guilford home, near the end of Whitfield Street. She had to evacuate during Hurricanes Irene and Sandy. A day…
By Kate Farrish The state Board of Examiners for Nursing has suspended the licenses of two nurses and revoked the licenses of two others. Meeting July 18 in Hartford, the board revoked the licensed practical…
By Peggy McCarthy Carl Jordan Castro Photo. Peter, 11, and Mary Louise, 13, talk about how they’ve been affected by their father’s PTSD. Growing up, Mary Louise Montini, 13, has often been angry, upset and…
By Susan Campbell Why do so many pregnant women and young mothers die? Your guess is as good as our government’s. We simply don’t know. Even the statistics we have aren’t current, though from all…
By Colleen Shaddox iStock Photo. Among women, those who are low-income or minority are less likely to get treatment for depression, according to multiple studies. A report by the Connecticut Behavioral Health Partnership found that…
By Cara Rosner As fertility rates fall nationwide, Connecticut continues to rank among the lowest in the country—a trend doctors attribute to women here delaying childbearing. In 2016, the most recent year for which state-level…
By Colleen Shaddox iStock Photo. Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, and affects women at about twice the rate that it does men.In Connecticut, 21.4 percent of…
By Kate Farrish The Board of Examiners for Nursing on Wednesday disciplined five nurses while dropping the charges against an Ansonia nurse because he is now serving 60 years in prison for an unrelated felony…
By Cara Rosner The state Department of Public Health (DPH) has fined four nursing homes for violations that resulted in injuries to residents. Marlborough Health and Rehabilitation Center was fined $3,270 after a resident suffered…
By Cara Rosner Six Connecticut nursing homes have been cited and fined by the state Department of Public Health (DPH) for violations, including one instance in which a resident died after a series of staff…