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One patient nearly lost it all. But thanks to the amazing teams at Hartford Hospital and the Heart & Vascular Institute, she is here to share her story.

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The Hartford HealthCare Heart & Vascular Institute includes the most talented and experienced physicians, the very latest technology, and a team of compassionate caregivers whose only goal is to help patients and their families fight heart disease, which is our nation’s number one killer.

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Is Total Knee Replacement for You?

Dr. Jeff Pravda from the Connecticut Orthopaedic Institute at MidState Medical Center joins Rebecca Stewart to discuss total knee replacements.

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Why People, And Medical Researchers, Need Help with Anger

Anger is the first negative emotion babies can express and research shows that as many people seek treatment for it as depression and anxiety combined. Yet it is not officially classified a mental health disorder which, according to Dr. Ray DiGuiseppe, director of education with the Albert Ellis Institute and [...]

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Charlotte Hungerford Hospital Honors Volunteers Contributing 13,000 Hours of Annual Service

Charlotte Hungerford Hospital (CHH) recognized the continuing efforts, dedication and service of its volunteer corps at its annual volunteer awards ceremony at the Crystal Peak Banquet Hall during National Volunteer Appreciation week on April 11th. Over 150 junior and senior volunteers donated a total of over 13,000 free hours of [...]

High Preparedness: Legal or Not, What’s Weed Do to Drivers?

Dr. Godfrey Pearlson Director, Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center at the Institute of Living Research Director, Institute of Living Hartford HealthCare Behavioral Health Network Whatever the outcome of the current debate on legalizing recreational marijuana in Connecticut, we need to know more about marijuana’s overall effect on the brain and behavior [...]

Study: Stress-Related Disorder Heightens Heart Risk

People have a 60 percent increased risk of cardiovascular disease within the first year of being diagnosed with any stress-related disorder, according to a new study in Sweden. The results, published April 10 in the British Medical Journal, used data from the Swedish National Patient Register to compare people diagnosed [...]

What is Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty?

For more information on hip reconstructive services at the Hartford HealthCare Bone & Joint Institute, click here. [...]

Why a Partial Knee Replacement is Same-Day Surgery

Doctors at the Hartford HealthCare Bone & Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital are using new technology to customize joint replacements, making recovery easier. Here’s more from Dr. Mark Shekhman, a Bone & Joint Institute orthopedic surgeon: Q: At the bone and joint institute you use tools to assess the best route [...]