Suicide Prevention Group Offers Youth Help Via Texting
Boston — With younger generations using cellphones less for actual conversation and more for text messaging, suicide prevention organizations are setting up ways that let distraught youths seek help that way. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among teenagers and college-age adults, making a text messaging initiative — started this month by Samaritans Inc. of Massachusetts to supplement the more traditional phone help line —...
At the Hospitals: Oct. 4, 2015
VNA Hospice Medical Director Receives Board Certification New London — Dr. Kristi Saunders, hospice medical director for Lake Sunapee Region VNA & Hospice, has earned board certification through the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. To earn the hospice medical directors certification, physicians must pass a rigorous exam designed for those with at least two years of experience as a hospice medical director or...
