By now, millions of Americans have discovered and are purchasing prescription medication from Canada and other foreign countries. While technically illegal it is hardly ever enforced against individual buyers. For years, Americans saved as much…
By Harriet Jones Recommend Tweet Email Print More Doctor Stacy J. Taylor routinely asks her patients about safe gun storage at home. “I had someone say they put it in their bedside table and it…
By Christine Woodside Recommend Tweet Email Print More C-HIT Photo. In 2021, the Coast Guard reported 43 boating accidents and seven deaths in Connecticut. Stephen Fabian, of Moodus, fell off his watercraft and drowned. His…
After Years Of Fighting For Benefits, PACT Act Offers Hope To Veterans Exposed To Burn Pits And Other Toxins
Connecticut Suspends License Of Stamford Doc For Excessive Use Of Alcohol, Drugs By Kate Farrish Recommend Tweet Email Print More The state Medical Examining Board on Tuesday suspended the license of a Stamford doctor after…
By Steve Hamm June 6, 2022 Recommend Tweet Email Print More Melanie Stengel Photo. Carolina Serna, a care coordinator for Clifford Beers, helps children and families get the clinical care that they need. In her…
By Harriet Jones Recommend Tweet Email Print More Harriet Jones Photo. Amina Carter, a physician assistant, and Jennifer Love, a certified midwife, are preparing to help an influx of out-of-state patients seeking abortion care. Certified…
By Kate Farrish Recommend Tweet Email Print More The state Medical Examining Board on Tuesday fined an Oxford doctor $10,000 for fraudulently using another doctor’s name and Drug Enforcement Agency registration number to prescribe controlled…
Recommend Tweet Email Print More Joshalyn Mills had serious side effects from her clinical trial treatments. As a Black woman, Mills believes she wouldn’t have been offered a trial if she didn’t live in the…
Recommend Tweet Email Print More Melanie Stengel Photo. Doreen Simons, a certified deaf interpreter, uses a video remote interpreting (VRI) service from her Farmington home. Deaf residents report frequent issues with sign language interpretation at…
70-Hour Work Weeks, Sleeping In A Car: Personal Care Assistants Struggle To Care For Themselves
By Harriet Jones Recommend Tweet Email Print More Melanie Stengel Photo. Margaret Lancaster, health program coordinator at Ledge Light Health District and Rev. Jack E. Madry, pastor of Madry Temple Church, discuss the opioid crisis…
By Jenifer Frank Recommend Tweet Email Print More More than 1,000 Connecticut children under age 6 were reported poisoned by lead in 2020, according to a report released this week by the state Department of…
By Lisa Backus Recommend Tweet Email Print More The state Medical Examining Board revoked the Connecticut medical license of a physician for a second time Tuesday after he failed to follow the terms of reinstatement…
By Harriet Jones Recommend Tweet Email Print More Dr. Veronica Maria Pimentel, who specializes in obstetrics and gynecology at Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford, recalls a patient who suffered a stroke soon after delivering her…
By Carol Leonetti Dannhauser Recommend Tweet Email Print More Oliver Przech, a high school junior, started wearing a binder in eighth grade. Before wearing a binder, he spent months researching, trying to make sense of…
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A federal lawsuit is accusing Madison Reed of falsely claiming that its hair color products are less harsh than those manufactured by some other companies. “In delivering its healthful product messaging, Defendant has touted, and…
Covid: Surging Behavioral Health Care Needs For Children Put Strain On School Social Workers
By Lisa Backus Recommend Tweet Email Print More The state Medical Examining Board issued a $5,000 fine and a reprimand to an orthopedic surgeon who operated on the wrong knee of a patient in 2018…