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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | September 22, 2016

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Lifespan leadership have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a partnership that will advance cancer treatment and expand research. The details will be finalized early next year....

Lifespan | November 08, 2016

Most people know today is Election Day. Few know that it is also X-ray Day. On November 8, 1895, a man named Wilhelm Roentgen discovered what became known as X-rays.Fast forward to today, and X-rays, as well as all forms of diagnostic imaging, are at the core of medicine. The specialty has changed dramatically in the past 25 years. It has clearly revolutionized patient care to the extent that many refer to the CT scanner as “truth.” CT, or computerized tomography, was invented ...

Lifespan | November 15, 2016

Nicole Nugent, Ph.D., a pediatric psychologist from the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center, is leading a new study to better understand the social and biological factors that may promote resilience in teens after a traumatic event. The $3.3-million, 5-year National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) study will be used to develop interventions to help adolescents better recover from trauma....

Lifespan | November 10, 2016

Newport Hospital announced that internal medicine physicians Ralph Earp, MD, and David Gorelick, MD, and family medicine physician Kristin Fielding, MD, have joined the Newport Hospital medical staff as primary care providers with Lifespan Physician Group, Primary Care. All three have practiced most recently with Aquidneck Medical Group and began seeing patients in September....