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Lyme Disease and Tick Awareness

by Community Health Connections | Jun 18, 2018 | Action Health Services, Fitchburg, Gardner, Health Centers, Leominster, Today's News

Summer time is a great time to enjoy the outdoors, but with it comes flying and crawling pests, their bites, and the potential for getting sick from those bites. This year especially, the tick population is exploding in Massachusetts, so it’s important to understand...

May is Healthy Vision Month

by Community Health Connections | May 14, 2018 | Fitchburg, Gardner, Health Centers, Leominster, Newsroom

Sight is one of the five senses we have to experience the world. That’s why it’s important to keep your eyes healthy. Taking good care of your eyes can prevent future vision problems and improve your quality of life. Now is a good time to focus on vision because:...

Raffle Winner

by Julia Sarcinelli | May 9, 2018 | Fitchburg, Gardner, Health Centers, Leominster, Newsroom

CHC would like to congratulate Ana Claudia de Jesus for being selected as the winner of its raffle! Participants who entered CHC’s Patient Satisfaction Survey were eligible to be entered in a raffle for a dinner and movie basket. The basket included movie...

Distracted Driving: A major danger on the roads

by Community Health Connections | Apr 12, 2018 | Fitchburg, Gardner, Leominster, Newsroom

April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month – a month-long effort to recognize and eliminate preventable deaths and injuries caused by distracted driving. Over 40,000 people were killed last year on our nation’s roadways and many were the result of distracted driving....

Passion and Promise

by FMarcia | Apr 10, 2018 | Fitchburg, Gardner, Health Centers, Leominster

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

by Community Health Connections | Mar 22, 2018 | Fitchburg, Gardner, Health Centers, Leominster

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

by Community Health Connections | Jan 22, 2018 | Fitchburg, Gardner, Health Centers, Leominster

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

by Community Health Connections | Dec 22, 2017 | Fitchburg, Gardner, Leominster, Today's News

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

by Community Health Connections | Oct 16, 2017 | Fitchburg, Gardner, Leominster, Newsroom, Today's News

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

by Community Health Connections | Sep 19, 2017 | Health Centers

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...

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