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From left, Joseph L. Perras, MD, Susan E. Mooney, MD, MS, FACOG, and Thomas A. Dee, FACHE.

Dartmouth Health member CEOs recognized in national ranking of top rural hospital executives

Honorees were selected for their commitment to expanding hospital service lines, renovating and improving their facilities, and hiring talented team members.

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Neal B. Goldenberg, MD, MA, an orthopaedic surgeon and chair of sports medicine at Dartmouth Health’s Cheshire Medical Center, displays a model of the bones and tendons of the knee.

Hitting the slopes this February break? Prevent ACL injury with tips from a Dartmouth Health sports medicine specialist

Skiing and snowboarding is a great way to get outside and enjoy the season here in northern New England, but like any sport, it comes with risk of physical injury, especially if you don’t prepare your body ahead of time.

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Tiffany M. Boyd, MHA, RN, ACM-RN

Cheshire Medical Center employee recognized by the New Hampshire Union Leader as a top young professional

The annual recognition showcases dedicated young professionals who are difference-makers in their careers and communities.

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A pair of woman's hands cuts a ripe avocado that is sitting on a wooden cutting board

Put down the avocado! Dos and don'ts for better hand safety

Cheshire experts offer best practices — plus a testimonial from an area culinary staple

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Dr. Mark Horton, sitting on a small stool, examines a patient's left leg

Top Doctors 2024

Thirty physicians across 17 different specialties named Top Doctors by New Hampshire Magazine

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The Emergency Department entrance at Cheshire Medical Center

Dartmouth Health addresses emergency department capacity concerns

While ED staff will continue to prioritize patients who are most urgently in need of care, patients with less pressing healthcare concerns coming to the DHMC ED should expect extended wait times.

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A collection of healthy foods — including avocado and salmon — are assembled into the shape of a heart

Healthy hearts and happy taste buds: Ways you can eat for heart health

Registered Dietitian Amy Ansaldo, RD, LD gives a heaping helping info about ways nutrition can benefit your heart

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An elderly man in a wheelchair poses with five members of Cheshire Medical Center's clinical staff

Longtime Cheshire patient's extraordinary show of appreciation

Dick Comerford pens newspaper ad to thank Cheshire Medical Center, naming 30 individuals and entire departments in 924-word letter of appreciation.

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Mother and teenage son look affectionately at each other with an arm around each other.

Stopping cervical cancer in its tracks, together

Cervical cancer is not only an issue for women. From testing to understanding how HPV vaccination and safer sex protect loved ones, here’s how we can bring New Hampshire cervical cancer rates closer to zero.

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Tanya Brown, a white woman, is shown with members of her bariatrics surgery team

Bariatric weight loss surgery helps Tanya Brown 'take on the world'

With help from expert care team at Cheshire, procedure changes everything for 'rock star' grandmother

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