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Leg Pain: When Could It Be Serious?

When her beloved older sister Mary was diagnosed with breast cancer at just 28, Annie Zitzow Galante knew she had to get serious about cancer screenings. She started her annual mammograms at MelroseWakefield Hospital in her twenties and never missed an exam. By the time Annie received a breast cancer diagnosis at 43, her 21-year-old daughter Laura was eager to begin her own mammograms but was deemed too young for insurance to cover them.

Sticking to a New Year’s resolution can be hard. Nicole Taub, patient at Tufts MC Weight and Wellness Center, tells her story of how she changed her life through surgical weight loss on her journey to be healthier.

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Tufts Medical Center Collaboration Published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Andy Alvarez almost lost this life, but with the speed and precision of the Vascular team he is back on his feet.

OBGYN visits should start well before family planning and should not end after the reproductive years.

Pat loved being active but when he was diagnosed with AFib, his active lifestyle had to change.

Lawrence, Mass. – Home Health VNA has awarded a scholarship presented annually in memory of a former employee to Rechelly Paula, a Lawrence resident and graduate of the Health Careers Department at Greater Lawrence Technical School in Andover. Paula plans to study nursing at Barry University in Miami this fall with the goal of becoming a physician assistant.

Anne-Marie Wagner has always been careful about her health and kept up with her screenings, especially her annual mammograms.