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2.8KHealth Bulletin: Influenza, COVID-19 both pose risks in winter
WESTFIELD PUBLIC HEALTH WEEKLY BULLETIN By Juanita Carnes FNP, Board of Health chair Welcome November, which brings colder temperatures, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving...
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3.0KNurse navigator finds ‘caring connection’ with patients
Editor’s note: As the final part of our series of articles about breast cancer treatment at Baystate Noble Hospital in Westfield, this...
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Health Bulletin: Children’s vaccine can bring back normalcy
WESTFIELD PUBLIC HEALTH WEEKLY BULLETIN By Juanita Carnes FNP, Board of Health chair Best news ever this week! I am overjoyed, as...
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4.1KNurse practitioner takes care of breast cancer survivors
WESTFIELD — As a medical oncology nurse practitioner, GerriLynn Smith purposefully works out of the Breast and Wellness Center at 100 Wason...
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Health Bulletin: Mix it up with COVID-19 vaccines
WESTFIELD PUBLIC HEALTH WEEKLY BULLETIN By Juanita Carnes FNP, Board of Health chair About a month ago, one of my sons asked...
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3.2KHelping patients ‘feel better, more relaxed and prepared’
Editor’s note: As part of our series of articles about breast cancer treatment at Baystate Noble Hospital in Westfield, this week The...
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Health Bulletin: Vaccine mandates should be as accepted as smoking bans
WESTFIELD PUBLIC HEALTH WEEKLY BULLETIN By Juanita Carnes FNP, Board of Health chair This pandemic just keeps on going. Just when you...
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2.7KBreast cancer patients have a right to reconstruction
WESTFIELD — Baystate Health Systems plastic surgeon Benjamin J. Schalet, M.D., who performs breast reconstruction for cancer patients, said sometimes people think...
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Health Bulletin: Some positive news on COVID-19
WESTFIELD PUBLIC HEALTH WEEKLY BULLETIN By Juanita Carnes FNP, Board of Health chair This is my 39th article written for The Westfield...
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3.0KBreast cancer doctor urges women to catch up on screenings
WESTFIELD — As National Breast Cancer Awareness Month begins, Dr. Ann Friedrich has a message for women who skipped a mammogram during...
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Health Bulletin: Folk ‘COVID cures’ can be poisonous
WESTFIELD PUBLIC HEALTH WEEKLY BULLETIN By Juanita Carnes FNP, Board of Health chair A recent study in a British Global Health Journal...
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Health Bulletin: COVID-19 is now nation’s deadliest pandemic
WESTFIELD PUBLIC HEALTH WEEKLY BULLETIN By Juanita Carnes FNP, Board of Health chair The COVID-19 pandemic is now the most deadly pandemic...
