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In Cambodia, many services Americans take for granted – like emergency medical care – are reserved only for those who can afford it.

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

When a person is coping with a chronic illness or recent surgery, sometimes the doctor visits are the easiest part.

The Women’s Wellness Center located at the Lowell General Hospital main campus offers a variety of services to help women in the prevention and treatment of cancer.

If prevention is the best medicine for good health, then early detection is a close second. Modern medicine allows us to catch many cancers and other health conditions in their earliest and most treatable stages through routine screening.

Blue Cross Blue Shield has selected Lowell General Hospital as a Blue Distinction Center+ for Spine Surgery, as well as Knee and Hip Surgery, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. Blue Distinction Centers® are nationally designated healthcare facilities that show a commitment to delivering high-quality patient safety and better health outcomes, based on objective measures that were developed with input from the medical community and leading accreditation and quality organizations.

Wendy Canty suffered a heart attack in 2018 at age 50. And soon knew she needed to find a new option and turned to Tufts Medical Center's heart research team to learn more about implantable heart pumps.

Mac and his team at Tufts MC refused to let cardiomyopathy take his life, so they did all they could to get him to a heart transplant.

The Beacon Award for Excellence — a significant milestone on the path to exceptional patient care and healthy work environments — recognizes unit caregivers who successfully improve patient outcomes and align practices with AACN’s six Healthy Work Environment Standards.

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN has conferred a gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence on the intensive care unit at Lowell General Hospital.

Learn about myths and facts of weight loss from Dr. Richard Siegel, a endocrinologist at Tufts Medical Center's Weight and Wellness center.

As vaping illnesses continue to arise, Dr. Sucharita Kher, shares why the ban on vaping sales is important and how to talk with teens about smoking.

Both men and women experience fluctuations in sex drive, especially as we age. Learn more about our experts in primary care and urology.

MIRI Principal Investigator Michael House, MD will be collaborating in a study with funding from the CTSI Pilot Study Program.

Fifteen doctors representing 14 different specialties recognized.

Circle Health’s affiliated physicians are some of the best in New England in their respective fields. Boston Magazine’s annual Top Doctors list agrees — 13 Circle Health physicians were selected as Top Doctors in the January issue. Congratulations to our Circle Health Boston Magazine Top Docs for 2020.

If you are among the one in seven Americans who experience sinus and nasal issues each year, this podcast is for you.

Boston magazine has honored 149 Tufts Medical Center physicians as 2020 Boston “Top Doctors.”

Every three years Lowell General Hospital, the Greater Lowell Health Alliance and the University of Massachusetts Lowell collaborate to create the Greater Lowell Community Health Needs Assessment. The needs assessment analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of health services in the area, identifies barriers accessing health services and provides recommendations. Surveys, key informant interviews and listening sessions were conducted to collect health-related data.

Smoking. Diabetes. High cholesterol and blood pressure. Not only do they increase your chance of developing heart disease, but of peripheral artery disease, a painful condition of the legs and feet. Fortunately, researchers are working on new treatments.