Category Archives: health

Newton-Wellesley Hospital is getting techier in an effort to make the whole Emergency Room waiting scene less frustrating for patients. A new widget on the hospital’s website shows waiting times and an iPhone app is due by the end of this month. A new mobile version of the NWH website will be available to other [...]

WHEN:     Thursday, October 14, 2010 TIME:     9:00 AM – 2:00 PM Guidelines: Age 65 and older – please bring your Medicare or other senior insurance card Those with weakened immune systems Pregnant women WHEN:     Wednesday, October 27, 2010 TIME:     3:00 – 7:00 PM Guidelines: Age 18 and older WHEN:     Thursday, [...]

From NWH: During the month of October, after a patient has her routine mammogram at the Manton Women’s Imaging Center at Newton-Wellesley Hospital or other locations in Natick and Walpole, she will be asked to pay it forward in an effort to potentially save a life. In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Newton-Wellesley Hospital [...]

The Wellesley Health Department, using money from a Fund for Wellesley grant announced last October, has joined forced with the town’s Youth Commission to launch a suicide prevention-focused website called Wellesley Acts. Suicide prevention has been a big focus of town government, the schools and local religious groups in light of well-documented teen suicides but [...]

A few things from Newton-Wellesley Hospital: * The Newton-Wellesley Hospital Charitable Foundation has announced it will hold HopeWalks, a 3.5 mile walk to benefit the Integrative Support Services offered at the Vernon Cancer Center,  on Sunday, September 26.  Newton-Wellesley Hospital wants to make the Center’s services available to all patients, regardless of their ability to [...]

The Wellesley Health and HR departments are sponsoring a spring walking program that begins on May 3.  Kickoff meetings take place April 27 at 3 and 4pm and April 28 at 11am at the Selectmen’s office at Town Hall. The sponsors are promising goodie bags and a chance to win prizes  to participants in this [...]

It’s Not Too Late to Get Your Flu Shot WHEN: Wed. & Thurs., March 17 & 18, 2010 TIME: 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM (Walk-in) and WHEN: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 TIME: 5:00 – 7:00 PM (Walk-in) WHERE: Wellesley Health Department Annie F. Warren Recreation and Health Bldg 90 Washington Street, Wellesley, MA 02481 You [...]