Health & Fitness

Middle Age Suicides

Benjamin Liptzin, MD – Chair, Department of Psychiatry at Baystate Medical Center discusses recent reports noting a significant increase in suicides in recent years among the...

Pioneer Valley Riverfront Club

The Pioneer Valley Riverfront Club (PVRC) is a rowing facility in the North End of Springfield with the mission to promote river-based sporting activities, to develop river access, and encourage recreation in the Greater Springfield metropolitan area....

National Nurses Week

In recognition of National Nurses Week, Patricia Samra, RN, Director of Clinical Workforce Planning at Baystate Medical Center, discusses the future of nursing and the growing role registered nurses are expected to play in health...

Dr. Anthony McCaffrey

There will always be a wild and unpredictable quality to creativity and invention, says Anthony McCaffrey, a cognitive psychology researcher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, because an “Aha moment” is rare and reaching it means overcoming formidable mental...

Psychotherapy

Clinical psychologist Patricia Peters Martin, PhD and Dr. Jody Helmus on the value of psychotherapy for many patients and the effectiveness of therapy in combination with...

Sled Hockey Tournament

Sled hockey is a sport that was designed to allow participants who have a physical disability to play the game of ice hockey. Ice sled hockey was invented in the early 1960s in Stockholm, Sweden at a rehabilitation center. It is currently one of the most popular...

STCC Women’s Wrestling Team

Anibal Nieves, a two time Olympic wrestler, is the first to establish a women’s collegiate wrestling team in the Northeast at Springfield Technical Community College. Women’s Wrestling at STCC              ...

N.B. Sarojini

N.B. Sarojini is the founder and director of the Sama Resource Group for Women and Health, a New Delhi-based nonprofit that conducts action research and promotes appropriate health policies around issues ranging from population growth to malaria treatment during...

Empty Arms Support Group

Carol McMurrich, founder of Empty Arms Support Group for people who have experienced infant loss, miscarriage, stillborn or infant death, joins us.  Carol’s group currently works with the birth centers at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Holyoke Medical...