New Drug Helps Patients Lose Weight and Maintain the Loss

Lorcaserin, a selective serotonin 2C receptor agonist, helps patients both lose weight and maintain their weight loss, according to a phase III study conducted by the drug’s manufacturer and published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Some 3200 overweight...

How To Choose Adult Day Care For Loved One

Posted on 29 June 2010. By Micha Shalev No matter how efficiently and effortlessly you have adapted your life to the role of caregiver, eventually you are going to need a break. Occasional breaks are essential for your emotional well-being and for your relationships...

4th of July Greeting

Dear Employees, Residents or Family and Friends,  Have you ever watched a baby learning to walk? He will cling to you at first but very soon he will want to go it alone. He will fall a few times, of course, but he’ll soon get up and try again. That’s part...

Is it Alzheimer’s? Top 10 Warning Signs

  Alzheimer’s disease is not just memory loss. It impacts the brain in many ways, causing changes in cognitive abilities, judgment, executive function, language abilities and behavior. Following is a list of warning signs that include the common symptoms of...

European Study Suggests Prostate Cancer Screening Lowers Mortality

BackgroundProstate cancer is one of the leading causes of death from malignant disease among men in the developed world. One strategy to decrease the risk of death from this disease is screening with prostate-specific antigen (PSA); however, the extent of benefit and...

MASS HEALTH Update for Providers

The monthly Newsletter is available. Please share this link with your members if you are able, please post this link on your website. The updated Newsletter has useful information for providers and is another resource for MassHealth...

Phyllis M. (Holmes) Olson

Phyllis M. (Holmes) Olson, 79, of Chapel Street, died peacefully on Thursday, June 24, 2010, in the Dodge Park Rest Home, Worcester, after a short battle with cancer. Her husband of 56 years, Irving W. Olson, died in 2008. She is survived by her two daughters,...

Special Thanks from Joan Zinrevich

June 17, 2 Dear Micha, Ben and Carrie,                 Thank you all so much for the excellent care my mother received at Dodge Park. I never had to worry that was being taken care of because I knew she was.  When my mother was so ill towards the end of her life the...