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Breast Cancer Awareness 2025: Share your stories, join our campaign
[ad_1] North of Boston Media Group is preparing to launch its 14th annual Breast Cancer Awareness campaign. And we want to share your stories…
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Care Dimensions celebrates 20 years of compassionate care at Kaplan House
[ad_1] DANVERS — Care Dimensions, the largest hospice and palliative care provider in Massachusetts, recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Kaplan Family Hospice…
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Lawmaker hosts naloxone training at Statehouse
[ad_1] BOSTON — Rep. Kate Donaghue has a trick for always ensuring naloxone is on hand and ready to deploy if she encounters someone…
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Rockport school board updated on opioid prevention
[ad_1] The Rockport School Committee, along with the town’s Public Health Department, is aiming to eliminate the effects of possible substance abuse in Rockport…
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Data: Fewer opioids prescribed in Mass., NH
[ad_1] BOSTON — While the scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, the number of people getting legal prescriptions for heavily addictive medicines…
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Data: Fewer opioids prescribed in Massachusetts
[ad_1] BOSTON — While the scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, the number of people getting legal prescriptions for heavily addictive medicines…
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Annual Talbot Memorial Walk/Run this Sunday
[ad_1] DANVERS — The annual Talbot Memorial Walk/Run is set to step off Sunday for its 14th annual outing in memory of a Danvers…
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Walking for hospice care
[ad_1] DANVERS — Care Dimensions, the hospice and palliative care provider, stepped off for its 37th annual Walk for Hospice on Sunday morning on…
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Breast Cancer Awareness 2024: Share your stories, join our campaign
[ad_1] The Eagle-Tribune is preparing to launch its 13th annual Breast Cancer Awareness campaign. And we want to share your stories surrounding this far-reaching…
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Walk for Hospice returning next month in Danvers
[ad_1] DANVERS — Care Dimensions, the largest hospice and palliative care provider in Massachusetts, invites the public to attend the 37th annual Walk for…
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Peabody woman defies the odds with kidney transplant
[ad_1] PEABODY — There was a time when 58-year-old Ruth Fabello might not have been given the life-saving care she recently received. Fabello has…
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West Nile virus detected in Haverhill
[ad_1] HAVERHILL — The state Department of Public Health has confirmed that mosquitoes collected locally tested positive for West Nile virus. The mosquitoes were…
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Merrimac health officials warn about West Nile virus
[ad_1] MERRIMAC — Town health officials ask residents to take precautions after the discovery of mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus in nearby Haverhill. …
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Women’s hockey tournament benefits cancer survivors
[ad_1] HAVERHILL — More than 500 women will hit the ice this weekend with a goal of raising money for cancer survivorship services in…
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Salem Pantry and Mass General Brigham partner to offer free walk-in clinics
[ad_1] The Salem Pantry and Mass General Brigham announced they will be continuing their partnership to bring their “Community Care Van” weekly free health…
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Opioid deaths drop 10%, but remain high
[ad_1] BOSTON — The scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, but new data shows a double-digit decrease in the number of overdose…
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Report: Injured workers at risk for opioid overdoses
[ad_1] Workers who are injured on the job are at higher risk for fatal opioid-related overdoses, according to a new study, which calls for…
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Report: Injured workers at risk for opioid overdoses
[ad_1] Workers who are injured on the job are at higher risk for fatal opioid-related overdoses, according to a new study, which calls for…
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About 22 high school age adolescents died each week from overdoses in 2022, driven by fentanyl-laced prescription pills
[ad_1] BYLINE: Enrique Rivero EMBARGOED FOR USE UNTIL: 7:30 A.M. (ET) ON JANUARY 6, 2024 About 22 high school age adolescents died each…
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Antibody-drug conjugate helps patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer live longer, delaying disease progression
[ad_1] BYLINE: Denise Heady Newswise — Treatment with datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd), a novel Trop-2 directed antibody-drug conjugate, was found to significantly improve progression-free survival…