Are GLP-1s Miracle Drugs for Addiction, Too?
GLP-1s have been lauded as a weight loss treatment. But a first-in-the-nation pilot from a Providence-based nonprofit shows their...
Q & A with Dr. Francesca L. Beaudoin
Thanks, Dr. Beaudoin welcome back to Ocean State Stories. You were last here on Sept. 13, 2023, in a...
Rhode Island has a primary care problem. Health Insurance Commissioner Cory King has a plan.
New report detailing access and affordability challenges intends to help measure success of policy and funding changes This story...
Q & A with Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr., president and CEO of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America
Thanks, Charles, for agreeing to this interview. As the foundation knows better than anyone, Alzheimer’s disease touches so many lives,...
RI attorney general makes final push to boost enforcement powers against pharmaceutical middlemen
Neronha puts his firepower behind bills to improve healthcare, lower drug prices This story was originally published in Rhode Island...
Block Island Glass Float Project helps raise environmental awareness
‘Float hunting’ also enhances mindfulness NEW SHOREHAM – Every June through October, 550 handmade glass floats are scattered across Block...
From small caseload in rented space to almost 12,000 patients at three major centers, Wood River Health marks 50 years
HOPKINTON — It began in 1976 when a group of South County residents opened a small nonprofit health center...
Federal data gaps aside, poverty on the rise as RI families struggle to meet basic living expenses
New KIDS COUNT Factbook restores Newport to core city status This story was originally published in Rhode Island Current, a publication...
Q & A with Leanne Barrett, new executive director of The Rhode Island Association for Infant Mental Health, RIAIMH
“I have had a pretty strong throughline in my career working to improve policies and systems to help kids.”...
Humans weren’t made to live indoors. Could a dose of nature be the cure for what ails us?
Used with permission of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Story by Phoebe Hall Pooja Tandon, MD,...
Lawmakers seek permanent funding for referral hotlines connecting families to mental health care
“If you would like to make the 200 odd pediatricians in the state very sad, tell them that PediPRN...
The internet is putting kids at risk. These mom lawmakers want to force tech firms to make it safer.
Six-bill package would protect kids from digital harm. This story was originally published in Rhode Island Current, a publication partner of...
Ongoing primary care provider shortage imperils health of many Rhode Islanders
It’s also a national crisis, and some local programs are addressing it MIDDLETOWN — There was a reason the...