Signs of Stroke

Signs of Stroke

Angela Smith, manager of Stroke Service at Holyoke Medical Center talks with Carolee McGrath about the signs of stroke and treatment for stroke...
Childhood Obesity

Childhood Obesity

Childhood obesity is a growing concern nationally and right here in Springfield. Carolee McGrath sat down with Dr. Chrystal Wittcopp, Director of Baystate Children’s Hospital’s Pediatric Weight Management Program, to learn about the causes of and solutions to this...
Go Red for Women

Go Red for Women

February is heart health month, and Carolee McGrath sat down with Registered Nurse Angela Smith, a volunteer with the American Heart and Stroke Association, to talk about the “Go Red For Women” campaign to help raise awareness that heart disease is the number one...
Baystate Health Budget

Baystate Health Budget

Dr. Mark Keroack discusses what’s behind Baystate Health’s request for $10 million dollars in state budget funding in the 2017 state budget –and what not getting that help may mean for the largest local health care provider....
Making It Here: Fire Cider

Making It Here: Fire Cider

Inspired by his grandmother’s recipe for an old New England apple cider vinegar tonic, Dana St. Pierre came up with “Fire Cider” to support his immune system and health. After first sharing with family and friends, demand grew and grew, and now the Pittsfield-based...
Surgical Tourism

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....
Radio Frequency Protection

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...

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...
Meat & Cancer

Meat & Cancer

Wilson Mertens, MD , Vice President and Medical Director for Cancer Services at the Baystate Regional Cancer Program, discusses recent findings released by the United Nations’ World Health Organization warning of the cancer dangers of eating bacon and processed...