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By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com. When I started this essay, the hitman who assassinated Brian Thompson was still running free, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare,...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

When Carrie Becker received abnormal results back from her yearly mammogram, she underwent a series of tests. Three biopsies, three ultrasounds, three mammograms and one MRI later, she learned what the tests had confirmed: she had breast cancer.While...

By CELESTE CLARK

Celeste Clark is the executive director, Raymond Coalition For Youth. Many people are talking about the president pardoning his son. In the field of substance misuse prevention, we call this an opportunity to raise awareness that substance misuse...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Earlier this year, New Hampshire lawmakers banned transgender girls from competing on girls’ school sports teams and prohibited some gender reassignment surgeries for minors.Those efforts will continue next year as several Republicans have filed draft...

By WILLIAM MURPHY

William Murphy is director, Advocacy & Public Policy, Epilepsy Foundation New England. As New Hampshire families plan for the holidays, many are making careful calculations – not about gifts or celebrations but how to afford their prescription...

By JOSH PARKER

Josh Parker is an operations project coordinator in Milford. It’s no secret that healthcare costs have skyrocketed in recent years. According to some estimates, Americans now owe at least $220 billion in medical debt. And yet, rates of chronic disease...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Chris Sununu has one ask before he leaves the corner office: to see Dartmouth Health take over operations at Hampstead Hospital.He knows it’s a unique proposition – the private hospital would lease the facility from the state, gaining full control...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Charles “Chuck” Lloyd’s closet grows pinker by the year. He now owns pink socks, ties, shirts, and even a pink suit.The Bow resident and vice chancellor for the state’s community college system has participated in the American Cancer’s Men Wear Pink...

By NED WOODY

Ned Woody lives in Bow. Ahmed Kutty’s recent My Turn was a timely one. With Medicare open enrollment under way, seniors face what is often a confusing choice about their Medicare options. While I generally share Mr. Kutty’s opinion that...

By AHMED KUTTY

Ahmed Kutty, MD lives in Peterborough. A week ago, HS my 89-year-old neighbor asked for help to make sense of the calls and ads that were creating confusion and consternation to choose among various Medicare Advantage plans being pitched to her. My...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Legislation allowing terminally ill individuals to legally end their lives through medication is back on the table for next year’s legislative session but with one change – patients would be prohibited from taking the prescribed medication in public...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Several brands of whole and organic carrots, including 365, Good & Gather, Nature’s Promise, and Trader Joe’s, have been recalled after being linked to a multistate outbreak of E. coli, the state health department announced Tuesday.  The Shiga...

By BRENDAN WILLIAMS

Brendan Williams is the president and CEO of the New Hampshire Health Care Association. As Gov. Chris Sununu leaves office, his legacy will no doubt be subject to bouquets and brickbats, depending on one’s partisan view. However, from the perspective...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Behind the counter at Thorne’s of Concord, a personal health and intimate wellness store on Main Street, James Roesener springs into action whenever the phone rings with a request for discreet curbside pickup.With practiced care, Roesener packs little...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Yvette Lascelle has a favorite saying: “It is what it is.” “Whatever happens, happens,” Lascelle said with a faint smile. “They try to prevent it, but you can’t always prevent it.” The 81-year-old has been fighting multiple myeloma, or plasma cell...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

November marks Home Care & Hospice Month, a time to celebrate the caregiving professionals and volunteers who work with many people around the state – and the country.When some hear “hospice,” they often think of death. But hospice can be so much more...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Down a long hallway, 12 doors lead to rooms bathed in a pale blue with cozy beds draped in gray comforters. Each room is finished with a bedside table and wardrobe to create an inviting atmosphere with a subtle, calming palette.These rooms will become...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Riverbend Community Mental Health is set to open a 12-bed facility in Concord, providing much-needed housing and on-site care for adults dealing with acute mental health challenges.Located at 278 Pleasant Street, the facility will offer 24/7 staffing,...

By PATRICIA EDWARDS

Dr. Patricia Edwards is a pediatrician and member of Healthy Climate New Hampshire, a coalition of health professionals concerned with climate change. I grew up in New Hampshire and remember when you knew that it was Memorial Day because the lilacs...

By ROBERT S. KIEFNER

Robert S. Kiefner, MD, retired family physician, lives in Concord. Project 2025 is a compilation of greatest hits of the Heritage Foundation, and a guidebook for those intent upon “taking our country back” — to the Middle Ages, that is. Although...

By DAVID BROOKS

Tens of thousands of New Hampshire seniors will have to find new supplemental health insurance coverage next year because some companies, including Harvard-Pilgrim, Humana and Wellcare, are pulling out of the Medicare Advantage business in the...