LifeChoice Organ Donor Services

Caitlyn Bernabucci, Public Education Specialist for LifeChoice Donor Services , and organ transplant recipient Pastor Mark Baymon of Springfield discuss the critical need to increase the number of registered organ donors among the minority population. Donate Life New...

Ballot Question 2: Assisted Suicide

Massachusetts State Ballot Question 2 seeks to legalize physician-assisted suicide in the Baystate. Supporter of Question 2 Steve Crawford and Question 2 opponent Dr. Shawn Charest, Medical Director of Mercy Hospice, discuss their opposing views on the controversial...

Asthma Awareness

May is Asthma Awareness Month and pediatrician Matthew Sadoff, MD from Baystate Children’s Hospital and Community Health worker Rosa Pedraza at Baystate’s High Street Health Center in Springfield will discuss asthma and related concerns and conditions....

Life After Sports: NFL Player Deaths

Following the suicide of NFL Pro-Bowler and former Patriot star Junior Seau, Springfield College Psychology Professor & Director of Athletic Counseling Judy Van Raalte, PhD., discusses the particular problems faced by professional athletes after retirement from...

National Nurses Week

Baystate Medical  Center Chief Nursing Officer Deb Morrissey, PhD. and “Compassionate Caregiver” Awardee Baystate RN Carol Hollister discuss the role of nurses in the modern healthcare system during the observance of National Nurses...

Skin Cancer Awareness

May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month and skin cancer survivor Meghan Rothschild discusses her own experience as well as what we all can and should do to protect ourselves from skin cancers. Skin Care Awareness...

Children with Alopecia Day

Seven year old Owen O’Brien has Alopecia Universalis, a condition where hair grows nowhere on his body. Owen and  his parents, Nancy Grimes O’Brien and Timothy O’Brien, appear with  Dave Roback, photographer for the Republican who also has Alopecia...

Alzheimer’s

Kristina Chapell, Development and Outreach Coordinator for the Alzheimer’s Association will discuss the assistance and services available for patients and their families — in conjunction with 10:00 P.M. Thursday 3/29 showing of; “Independent...

Bee Sting Therapy

Multiple Sclerosis patient Phil Massery is using an alternative therapy – bee venom – to treat the symptoms that the MS has afflicted him with. We will meet Phil and speak with doctors about the use of this unorthodox treatment. Bee Sting...