Health & Fitness

Wernick Adult Day Care

Darlene Francis, Executive Director, and Kathleen Whitney, Clinical Coordinator, at Wernick Adult Day Health Care Center discuss their work and the growing need for such services. Wernick Adult Day...

Live Well

Mercy Medical Center has been awarded a $2.5 million grant through their parent company Trinity Health to fund programs that promote health and well-being in Springfield. Mercy will team up with other organizations, including Live Well Springfield to work on six...

Surgical Tourism

Surgeon Glen Brooks, MD discusses the dangers patients can face when they elect to go overseas for surgical procedures done at a much less expensive rate than in the United States....

Runner Adrian Barber

We all marvel at people who run marathons — but this next story is about a young man who is running multiple marathons if you add up the miles. Learn about Adrian Barber, a Western New England University student, who is running across the country this summer to...

Radio Frequency Protection

Cece Doucette is an advocate for reducing exposure to “RF,” the Radio Frequency used in many wireless systems. She sat down recently with Carolee McGrath to discuss why she has advocated to reduce wireless devices use in Ashland because of unknown health...

OCD Massachusetts

Denise Stack of OCD Massachusetts discusses the shortage of providers here to treat Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and a lecture series underway to address and make people more aware of...

CEOS Against Stigma

Mental health is often attached to a stigma, but more than 60 local CEOs are working to change that by making mental health care a priority for their own employees. It’s called CEOs Against Stigma. Carolee McGrath sat down with Bernice Drumheller, the president...

Thunderbolt Ski Trail

On Saturday, March 5th, folks from all over will descend upon Adams, MA for the town’s “Thunderfest” celebration, inspired by the legendary Thunderbolt Ski Run. Created by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930’s, the Thunderbolt Ski Trail on Mt Greylock played...

Concerns About the Zika Virus

Perinatologist Andrew Healy sits down with Jim Madigan to talk about the Zika Virus. They discuss how science is currently trying to fully figure out how the virus functions, how individuals can do their best to avoid being infected, and ways to test if they have been...

American Heart Association

February is Go Red for Women month … a campaign run by the American Heart Association to encourage women to know the risk factors of heart disease, the number one killer of women. Connecting Point’s Carolee McGrath sat down with registered nurse and...

Heart Health

Baystate Health Cardiologist Heba Wassif joins the show this evening to shed light on heart attacks, the previous and present statistics, and the unique differences between the symptoms that men and women experience when they suffer an...