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May 2008

	May 11 | Standard-Times Healing Garden: Couple's generosity brings tranquil landscape to St. Luke's
	May 11 | Standard-Times Giving birth in 2008
	May 9 | Standard-Times Books moms love to read to their kids
	May 8 | Standard-Times Sleep imbalance said to tip scales: Local centers see link between sleep problems, obesity
	May 8 | Standard-Times UMass Dartmouth to hold separate graduate, undergrad commencements (Southcoast Hospitals President Ronald B. Goodspeed, MD, to receive honorary degree)

April 2008

	April 30 | Standard-Times OUR VIEW: Public agencies should follow hospitals' example
	April 30 | Standard-Times Council probes prisoner escape from St. Luke's Hospital
	April 29 | Standard-Times Hospital scorecard to empower patients
	April 28 | Standard-Times Art collection transforms hospital walls
	April 27 | Standard-Times Health Newsmakers: Southcoast Home Care award
	April 16 | Standard-Times Students to attend youth summit
	April 14 | Standard-Times Bereavement camp set for June
	April 14 | Standard-Times Free head and neck cancer screenings
	April 13 | Standard-Times Hospice volunteers needed; training schedule set up
	April 13 | Standard-Times Southcoast Hospitals Group is sponsoring free vascular screenings
	April 14 | Providence Business News Southcoast Home Care recognized for quality efforts
	April 10 | Wareham Courier Hovan named president and CEO of Southcoast Hospitals Group
	April 9 | Standard-Times Free T-Shirt offered for blood donations on Wednesdays in April
	April 9 | Standard-Times Free diabetes screenings Thursday
	April 6 | Standard-Times Web-based survey offers data on hospitals from patient perspective
	April 5 | Standard-Times SouthCoast cancer incidence higher than state average
	April 4 | Standard-Times Fairhaven tabbed for new cancer treatment center
	April 3 | Standard-Times Southcoast Health System plans new cancer center
	April 3 | Standard-Times New Southcoast Hospitals head to focus on patients' needs
	April 3 | Standard-Times Amid construction, Tobey reassigns entrances
	April 3 | Standard-Times Free vascular screenings to be held at St. Luke's in April, May and June
	April 3 | Standard-Times Health van offers medical services
	April 3 | Providence Business News Keith Hovan to take helm at Southcoast Hospitals
	April 2 | Standard-Times Southcoast Hospitals Group names new president
	April 2 | Herald News Southcoast Hospitals names new top exec
	April 2 | Boston Business Journal Southcoast Hospitals Group hires new CEO
	April 1 | Standard-Times St. Luke's to hold emergency training today

March 2008

	March 28 | Advance for Nurses On the road again (Southcoast Health Van) (PDF file)
	March 28 | Standard-Times Longtime hospice volunteer to be honored
	March 20 | Standard-Times 'Puttin' on the Pink' celebrity fashion show
	March 17 | Herald News Charlton, Cultural Center sponsoring Health Day
	March 12 | Standard-Times RAPPP program honors local fathers
	March 10 | Standard-Times Hospice care to offer bereavement camp
	March 8 | The Enterprise Slow ERs get a quick fix
	March 6 | Boston Globe Expediting hospital care (Tobey ER expansion)
	March 5 | Boston Globe Nonprofits seek OK to bid on own bonds: Soaring payments drive borrowers to unusual proposal
	March 4 | Standard-Times OUR VIEW: Cost will make or break health insurance reform
	March 3 | The Detriot News Exercise can help seniors avoid dreaded falls
	March 2 | Standard-Times Dads honored as role models

February 2008

	February 28 | Wareham Courier ExpressCare at Tobey Hospital
	February 27 | Standard-Times Construction on expanded ER begins at Tobey
	February 27 | Standard-Times Flu nearing its peak; cases double from last season
	February 24 | Providence Journal Valentines for all our hearts
	February 22 | Herald News Flu season is in full swing
	February 15 | Standard-Times St. Luke's garage approved by Planning Board
	February 14 | Standard-Times DPH: City's teen birth rate more than three times state rate
	February 10 | Standard-Times Health Newsmakers: Southcoast Stroke Support Group / Charlton named United Health Premium Cardiac Specialty Center
	February 9 | Standard-Times Flu cases up over last year
	February 9 | Standard-Times Hospital garage opponent fails to stop progress
	February 7 | The Sentinel Tobey partners with Decas School to help young patients
	February 6 | Dartmouth Chronicle Health van brings medical services out on the road
	February 4 | Standard-Times Southcoast mammography goes digital
	February 1 | The Sentinel Mammography just got a little less uncomfortable

January 2008

	January 30 | U.S. News & World Report On Fitness: Exercise to prevent falls
	January 11 | Standard-Times St. Luke's to build parking garage
	January 5 | Cape Cod Times Health insurance penalties announced by state
	January 2 | Boston Globe With First Night come first breaths
	January 2 | Standard-Times A Slice of Life: Give a Pint, Get a Pound
	January 1 | Herald News State's New Year's baby born in Fall River
	January 1 | Standard-Times Dartmouth couple's first baby is first in the state for 2008
	January 1 | Standard-Times [Person of the Year] Nominees came from all walks and hailed from across the region (includes Southcoast employees)

Subscription Information

Southcoast Health System thanks the region's news outlets for allowing us to link to their news stories. As a courtesy, we provide the following subscription links, listed below in alphabetical order.

	Boston Business Journal Boston, Mass. 800-486-3289
	Boston Globe Boston, Mass. 888-694-5623
	Boston Herald Boston, Mass. 800-882-1211
	Herald News Fall River, Mass. 508-676-8211
	Nursing Spectrum 800-770-0866
	Providence Business News Providence, R.I. 401-273-2201 Ext. 234 or 227
	Providence Journal Providence, R.I. 888-697-7656
	Standard-Times New Bedford, Mass. 508-997-0071
	Wareham Courier Wareham, Mass. 781-433-8200