Promoting awareness of the role pulmonary rehabilitation plays in enhancing the quality of life for those who struggle to take a breath. Sixteen thousand more women at increased risk of breast cancer are being sought nationally to participate in the STAR prevention study. While parents and children think of summer as the season for fun, emergency room doctors know it as trauma season. Baystate Medical Center is one of 400 centers selected to participate in one of the largest breast cancer prevention studies ever, which will compare the effectiveness of tamoxifen with a newer drug called raloxifene. 1998 FMC opens new Community Health Information Center which is an innovative approach to health promotion, wellness and preventive health care.
Hospice offers patients comfort and a renewed outlook.
An innovative new therapy involving prostate seed implantation now offers some men with prostate cancer the potential for longer and happier lives. The sleep study program began at FMC in November, 1998. Patients suspected of having obstructive sleep apnea will be admitted in the evening for observation by certified respiratory therapists. A breast biopsy procedure that doesn't involve major surgery. Featuring the only cardiac surgery program in Western Massachusetts, Baystate Medical Center performs more than 750 heart surgeries annually.