Elliott Joseph is not just Hartford Healthcare’s CEO – he is also a patient of the Hartford HealthCare Bone & Joint institute at Hartford Hospital, having had his hip replaced there recently. He talks with radio talk show host Rob Dibble about his experience leading the development, building and launching...
Most health care practices help people feel better and can save lives. But there’s a side of health care that’s not only not helpful, but potentially harmful. You’ve heard of “fake” news, but what about “fake” health care? Hartford HealthCare is hosting a free community event to help you know...
Is cancer more common than getting married or having a first baby? That’s the claim of at least one British newspaper after the release of an analysis of cancer statistics by London-based McMillan Cancer Support. Get perspective on this study from Dr. Peter Yu, physician-in-chief of the Hartford HealthCare Cancer...
It’s a scenario that is all too familiar to many: your family is facing a medical issue, and it’s happening after your primary care provider’s office has closed. You suspect the illness or injury could rise to the level of needing emergency care, but you’re not quite sure. You feel...
For Russell Magnussen, there is no place like the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. The New Britain native worked as a mechanic his entire life. His love for flying began many decades earlier. He obtained a pilot’s license at the tender age of 16. In his retirement, he spent...
An unwelcome visitor has returned to Connecticut – the gypsy moth caterpillar. And with them come an annoying and itchy (if relatively harmless) contact dermatitis, or rash. Larvae of gypsy moth caterpillars hatch in early spring, drop from tree branches and are blown by the wind. All too often, they miss...
Dianne Poland will tell you she’s blessed. Blessed with a family that loves and supports her, and blessed to have beaten the breast cancer that invaded her body two years ago. By participating in a cancer clinical trial with Hartford HealthCare and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, she is seizing an...
