Professional Services

Numerous area organizations are pooling resources and joining forces to combat youth obesity, which affects more than a third of local children and teenagers.

Lung cancer has long been a particularly terrifying diagnosis. Out of every 100 people who were found to have the disease between 2005 and 2011, only 17 percent were alive five years later.

The Massachusetts Assisted Living Facility Association tried Tuesday to sway lawmakers to opposite sides of a bill that would allow nurses working at an assisted living facility to provide certain health care services.

Worcester hit the national radar recently when it landed No. 65 on the U.S. News & World Report “Best Places to Live” list.

A decade ago, a retiree or pre-retiree living in our state could plow a significant portion of...

A $700-million technological connection is setting the groundwork that will allow for UMass Medical's community growth.

Massachusetts is a leader in the nation in utilizing new technology to improve the lives of residents,...

The national push for a $15 minimum wage has made its way to Worcester.

Unum and its employees donated more than 88,000 volunteer hours and $12.7 million to charitable organizations in 2015.

Massachusetts nursing homes that are most dependent on Medicaid funding score the lowest in staffing hours, overall quality and consumer satisfaction, according to data released Wednesday by the senior care industry.