Passion and Promise
FITCHBURG – Community Health Connections (CHC) welcomed 25 students from Fitchburg and Leominster high schools last week for a learning session on healthcare careers and a tour of the Fitchburg facility. Numerous CHC staff spoke to the group about their jobs,...National Sleep Awareness Week: your health and a good night’s sleep
With the recent attention focused on the importance of sleep by National Sleep Awareness Week, it seems appropriate to highlight some of the specific benefits provided by a good night’s sleep. Did you know that getting the recommended 7-8 hours of sleep every night...Doing Our Part for Women’s Health
Women have unique health care needs and issues that require special focus. Many of the issues women face — including women in poverty, women in the labor force, and elderly women — are all ultimately related to health care access problems. In almost every...The Designated Driver is Good for Everyone
With the holiday season upon us and the New Year about to begin, now is a great time to talk about the importance of the Designated Driver and how the campaign to promote the use of designated drivers has been good for everyone. 2018 will mark the 30th anniversary of...National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, providing a great opportunity for individuals to learn more about the disease. Breast cancer is the second most common kind of cancer in women. About 1 in 8 women born today in the United States will get breast cancer...National Recovery Month
The numbers are as startling as they are sad – from 2000 to 2015 more than half a million people have died from drug overdoses in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control, and the numbers continue to rise. The majority of those overdoses involve...Introducing our newest physician, Angela Alves Cabral, MD
Angela Alves Cabral, MD has joined the clinical staff at Community Health Connections’ Fitchburg Community Health Center. Dr. Cabral is a Board Certified Family Medicine Physician. She graduated from Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica, West Indies before...National Immunization Awareness Month
Vaccines are among the most successful and cost-effective public health tools available for preventing disease and death. In the United States, vaccines have greatly reduced infectious diseases such as polio, smallpox, and measles that once routinely killed or harmed...
