Patients and Communities

Jennifer Joy, RN, speaks with a patient in an exam room during an Annual Wellness Visit.

Annual Wellness Visits: Free Preventative Care for Medicare Recipients

These visits, covered by Medicare Part B, are designed to help patients stay healthy through preventative care.

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John Willard, a white man with grey hair and glasses, poses for a photo wearing a white button-down shirt.

Orthopaedic Patient Back to Passions After Robotic Knee Surgeries

John Willard, 74, is finally feeling relief after 20 years of knee pain.

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Brendan Woods

Emergency Department Patient Shares Life-Saving Experience

Brendan Woods, 33, received care this winter after an ATV accident.

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Vicky Ferrante, RD, CDCES

Changing a Medicaid Ruling: Successful Petition Helps Local Diabetes Patients

Vicky Ferrante, RD, CDCES, helps diabetes patients access new treatment technology like the InPen, which can calculate insulin doses and track insulin levels on a smart phone app.

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Physical therapist Jim Hall shakes hands with patient Steve Walsh in an exercise room with purple walls

Physical Therapy Helps Patient Battle Back Against Debilitating Pain

Local business owner finds back pain relief with outpatient physical rehabilitation and other services

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

Longtime Cheshire Patient Shows Staff 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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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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Rachael Richardson stands smiling, wearing a pink sweater and headband, in front of a decorative hedge

Breast Cancer Survivor Urges Patients to Be Their Own Best Advocates

At age 35, Rachael's proactive attitude towards her own care helped save her life. She explains how you can do the same.

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Cheshire patient Elaine Dall, a breast cancer survivor

How to Help Bring New 3D Mammography to Cheshire’s Patients

Learn from breast cancer survivors how routine mammograms impacted their lives. You can help Cheshire care for patients by making a gift toward the purchase of updated, state-of-the-art, smart 3D mammography technology.

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David Streeter stands in Dartmouth Cancer Center at Cheshire Medical Center, now cancer-free.

From Colorectal Cancer Screening to Cancer-Free in 6 Weeks

Urging everyone over 45 to get screened, David is grateful for early detection and his care team's great humor.

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