Preventive Effects of Mindfulness in Recurrent Depression

A potentially valuable approach, especially for patients with unstable remissions who wish to discontinue their medication after successful acute treatment. Discontinuation of antidepressants after successful treatment of recurrent depression causes relapse in many...

Charles W. Nadeau

Charles W. Nadeau, 75, died Sunday, January 2, 2011 in the Dodge Park Rest Home, Worcester, following an illness. His wife, Sandra (Arnet) Nadeau, died in 2002. He is survived by a cousin, Elizabeth Valk, of Whitinsville. Mr. Nadeau was born in Michigan, May 14, 1935,...

Genevieve (Kulesza) Gulbicki, 93

Genevieve (Kulesza) Gulbicki, 93, died peacefully January 4, 2011 with her children by her bedside at Dodge Park Rest Home. Her husband, Charles Gulbicki, died in 1989. She leaves her son, John C. Gulbicki of Barre; her daughter, Beverly J. Ferris and her husband...

Elizabeth “Beckey” Blanchard

  Elizabeth “Beckey” (Field) Blanchard, 88, of Worcester, formerly of Holden, Dade City, FL, and Barre died peacefully on Friday, December 24th, 2010 in Dodge Park Rest Home, after a lengthy struggle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Beckey, daughter of the...

New MRSA Treatment Guidelines Published

The Infectious Diseases Society of America has released its first guidelines on treating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. The guidelines, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, cover the following areas: management of common clinical...

Antibiotic Improves Symptoms in Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Rifaximin, a poorly absorbed broad-spectrum antibiotic, ameliorates the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, according to a phase III study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers, including employees of the drug’s manufacturer, randomized...