Posted on: November 7th, 2013
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Ben Amirault was formerly the marketing manager at Barton Associates' Peabody, MA headquarters. He received a B.A. in English, specializing in journalism, from the University of New Hampshire.
The expression ‘until you walk a mile in someone’s else’s shoes’ couldn’t work any better to describe the cavernous communication gulf that often exists between cancer patients and their medical team. For decades, we’ve treated cancer as a combative enemy. In the heat of the battle, survival is the main...
It’s October, which means it is breast cancer awareness month. This year alone over a quarter of a million women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer. The best way to battle breast cancer is with education, and that’s what Northwest Medical Center has done with their...
Summer is almost here, which means many of us will be enjoying some time in the sun. Don’t forget that skin cancer is the most common of all cancer types, with more than 3.5 million cases diagnosed each year in the United States alone. Skin cancer accounts for more skin...
As in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was ever-present in the news in 2021. Although more than half of the population of the United States is vaccinated against, new variants pose a threat as they may be more easily spread than the original virus. The pandemic has also halted progress toward...
