Mold Concerns Rise With The Sea Level
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…
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Nursing Board Suspends Two Licenses, Revokes Two Others
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…
Veterans’ Families Also Suffer From The Wounds Of War
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…
Maternal Deaths Rising At Alarming Rate, But Who’s Counting?
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…
Poor And Minority Women Face Widening Barriers To Depression Treatment
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…
Connecticut Fertility Trends: Older Mothers And Fewer Babies
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…
Depression Affects Women At Twice The Rate As Men
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…
Nursing Board Disciplines Five Nurses
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…
State Fines Nursing Homes Following Injuries To Residents
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…
Six Nursing Homes Fined Following Lapses In Care
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…
Chemo’s Risks Outweigh Benefits For Some Breast Cancer Patients, Study Confirms
By Susan Campbell A new study—the largest of its kind—says that women who are diagnosed with the most common type of early-stage breast cancer most likely don’t need chemotherapy after they’ve had endocrine (hormone) therapy….
Costs And Access Still Barriers To Health Care, Survey Finds
By Kaitlyn Regan Iasiah Brown, 25, of New Haven, said he does not see a need for a primary care doctor for himself and his daughter, opting to visit clinics in the area instead of…
School-Based Mental Health Centers Play Vital Role For Hispanic And Black Students
By Cara Rosner Once a week, every week, the health center at Stamford High School offers sophomore Roger Sanchez an oasis—someplace he can talk to a trusted adult about life’s pressures and problems, a place…
Nursing Board Reprimands Three APRNs For Inappropriately Prescribing Drugs
By Kate Farrish The state Board of Examiners for Nursing on Wednesday disciplined five nurses, including three advanced practice registered nurses for inappropriately prescribing drugs to family members.The board reprimanded the license of Joan Landino,…
Med Board Disciplines Three Medical Practitioners
By Kate Farrish The state Medical Examining Board on Tuesday disciplined three medical practitioners, including fining a New London urologist $3,500 for inappropriate treatment of a patient’s bladder tumor. The urologist, Dr. Anthony Quinn, was…
Street Medicine: Helping the Homeless Where They Live
By Steve Hamm Steve Hamm Photo. Phil Costello, clinical director of homeless care for Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center, is often called the “street doctor.” Homeless people tend to have trust issues, but when Phil Costello…
Med Board Fines Newtown Psychiatrist, Ansonia Doctor
By Kate Farrish April 18, 2018 RecommendTweet EmailPrint More The state Medical Examining Board on Tuesday disciplined three doctors, including fining a Newtown psychiatrist $15,000 for submitting false insurance claims. In 2016, the doctor, Naimetulla…
Securing Effective Mental Health Care For Adolescents Is A Struggle
By Laurie Tarkan Tens of thousands of adolescents in Connecticut still do not have access to effective mental health care, despite the passage of a 2008 federal law requiring health insurers to provide equal benefits…
State Reprimands Former York Correctional Nurse, Disciplines Five Others
By Kate Farrish A former head nurse at York Correctional Institution has been reprimanded by the state Board of Examiners for Nursing for failing to properly care for an inmate who suffered a serious brain…
Hospitals Bill More Than $1 Billion In Facility Fees Over Two Years
By Adam Wisnieski Connecticut consumers were billed for more than $1 billion in facility fees for outpatient services in 2015 and 2016, documents filed with the state Office of Health Care Access (OHCA) show.Twenty-two of…