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Summer Safety Tips for Kids

From backyard barbecues, beach days and pool parties, to biking, boating, swimming and camping, summer vacation provides plenty of fun activities to keep children busy and entertained. You can also keep them safe by following these summer safety tips.

Summer Safety Tips for Kids

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Thank You to Our 2024 Donors

Thank you to our donors for supporting South Shore Heath this year. Together, we've delivered safe, quality, and connected care for our community, and...

Thank You to Our 2024 Donors

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Heidi Creighton: 'It’s So Intimate to Care for a Family in Their Home at a Vulnerable Time'

For Heidi Creighton, RN, team leader for the VNA’s Parent Child Health Division, there’s no place like home for caring for families and forming fulfilling relationships.

Heidi Creighton: 'It’s So Intimate to Care for a Family in Their Home at a Vulnerable Time'

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Navigating Gestational Diabetes and Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving brings family, gratitude, and delicious food. If you are managing gestational diabetes, you can still enjoy the holiday with thoughtful planning!

Navigating Gestational Diabetes and Thanksgiving

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Join South Shore Health in Promoting a Safer, Healthier Community on Injury Prevention Day

November 18 is Injury Prevention Day, a time to focus on the importance of safety in our daily lives. South Shore Hospital was licensed as the first...

Join South Shore Health in Promoting a Safer, Healthier Community on Injury Prevention Day

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Making a Difference: Kelsey’s South Shore Health Journey from Nurse to Nurse Practitioner

Kelsey joined South Shore Health in 2018, seeking to challenge herself more as a nurse. Today, she's working as a hospitalist nurse practitioner – and continues to find her career very rewarding.

Making a Difference: Kelsey’s South Shore Health Journey from Nurse to Nurse Practitioner

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Introducing Home-Based Outpatient Rehabilitation through South Shore VNA

In an effort to ensure that patients of all abilities have access to high-quality rehabilitative services, South Shore VNA recently launched a Home-Based Outpatient Rehabilitation Program. This unique program offers patients the opportunity to receive occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech therapy services in the comfort of their homes – without requiring a homebound diagnosis.

Introducing Home-Based Outpatient Rehabilitation through South Shore VNA

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Gigi’s Choice: ‘Home Dialysis Saved My Life’

When she arrived at South Shore Hospital last December, Gigi Barnes was very sick. With her kidneys failing and just weeks from death, Gigi had two options - go on dialysis in a nursing facility or go home for hospice care. Then nephrologist Joshua Hundert came up with a life-changing third choice.

Gigi’s Choice: ‘Home Dialysis Saved My Life’

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Gynecologic Cancer Awareness: Screening and Early Detection Saves Lives

Katelyn McGovern Dorney, MD, a gynecological oncologist at the Dana-Farber/Brigham Cancer Center at South Shore Health, answers questions about gynecologic cancer screening and prevention.

Gynecologic Cancer Awareness: Screening and Early Detection Saves Lives

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Rare But Life Threatening; We Need to Take EEE Seriously

The first human cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus (EEE) in four years has put the dangerous mosquito-borne illness back in the news. Todd Ellerin, MD, Director of Infectious Disease, explains what makes the virus so deadly and how you can protect yourself from EEE.

Rare But Life Threatening; We Need to Take EEE Seriously