Wellness
Globally, women are the fastest growing population of people infected with AIDS. And women and girls of color in the United States and around the world have been hit the hardest.
The Chilmark Road Race is a chimerical beast, part family-oriented charity jog, part cutthroat competition. Perhaps the contradictory spirit of the now-legendary institution was best summed up by Willy Anderson, age 10. When asked about his plans for the race, the bespectacled youth declared, "I really want to beat my mom. We'll start out together, but at the end I'll try to beat her."
Drs. Bela Matyas and Sam Donta agree on at least two points when it comes to dealing with Lyme disease. One, there is not nearly enough money spent on research. Two, the medical response to the disease as a result is as much art as science.
The capital campaign to fund Martha's Vineyard's new hospital has ended with more than $46 million raised in cash and in pledges over the next five years.
Confirming the successful conclusion of the fund-raising effort this week, capital committee cochairman Warren Spector said $22 million of the funds was in cash, and $6.9 million had been contributed by Island residents.
It took just 13 minutes for the state of Massachusetts to end more than 80 years of independence for the Martha's Vineyard hospital, and transfer ownership to the state's biggest health care provider.
The Martha's Vineyard Hospital will be fully covered for any decrease in Medicare funding that flows from a proposed affiliation with the giant Partners Health Care group, a gathering of Island residents were promised this week.