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By NORA DOYLE-BURR

BURLINGTON — A Vermont physician alleges that Dartmouth-Hitchcock rescinded an employment offer after he had taken steps to close his private practice and move to the Upper Valley, causing damage to his business and reputation.In a lawsuit filed in...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WINDSOR — As a child growing up in Windsor, Taylor Galgay experienced what seemed to be a variety of unrelated symptoms, including severe leg pain, difficulty gaining weight, headaches and back pain. She managed the pain with liquid Tylenol and Advil....

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — Anti-abortion activists and some Catholics have questions about what the plan for Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Manchester-based Catholic Medical Center to join forces might mean for women’s health care and end of life choices.As...

By Nora Doyle-Burr

New London — More than two years after New London Hospital shuttered its nursing home, a Maine developer is preparing to build a senior living community on land adjacent to the hospital.Though the new 139-unit community, to be named New London Place...

Staff Report

Lebanon — A 43-year-old Bradford, Vt., man is facing a criminal threatening charge after police say he threatened security officers on Friday morning at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.The threat did not result in a lockdown, but officials at the...

By Nora Doyle-Burr

Lyme — The New Hampshire Board of Psychologists has suspended the license of a psychologist from Lyme for 10 months in a case that involves ethical boundaries and a therapist trying to help a troubled teen with a difficult home life.The suspension of...

By Keith Roach, M.D.

Dear Dr. Roach: What cures heartburn and indigestion? — R.G. Answer: It’s easier to answer what causes heartburn and indigestion, because treatment depends on the underlying problem. The most common cause of heartburn is gastroesophageal reflux...

By Nora Doyle-Burr

Wilder — A combination of medications including Tylenol and a muscle relaxant has enabled Shirley Griggs, an 89-year-old retired nurse educator, to manage her chronic back pain, which stems from a car accident more than two decades ago.Recently,...

By Nora Doyle-Burr

Lebanon — After exploring a potential partnership with a third party, officials at the nonprofit that runs Harvest Hill and The Woodlands now plan to bring the senior living facilities and Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital back together under the...

By Nora Doyle-Burr

White River Junction — The halls of Brookside Health and Rehabilitation Center on Christian Street are beginning to echo as residents find new homes and move out in advance of the facility’s planned closing on Nov. 29.As of Friday afternoon, just four...

By Nora Doyle-Burr

Lebanon — A former Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center anesthesiologist accused of stealing powerful pain drugs and falsifying medical records may resume practicing medicine, as long as he abides by certain conditions, according to a state licensing...

By EmmaJean Holley

Musing on the slipperiness of identity, the poet Rainer Maria Rilke once wrote, “It never occurred to me before how many faces there are.” If each person has a good several faces, he reasoned, then there are many more faces in the world than there are...

By Rick Jurgens

White River Junction — Recent ownership changes at two large nursing homes in the heart of the Upper Valley have had opposite effects on the conditions and quality of care for dozens of residents, according to observations and ratings from regulators...