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The Peabody sisters
When 23-year-old Marika Steir first met Dottie Sola, an administrator at Childrenís Hospital Boston in Peabody

Blowing away the smoke
Jermaine Joynes was 15 when he took his first puff on a cigarette.

Food Services boards the technology train

Catheter-delivered heart valve may help avoid surgeries
This device may allow children with certain congenital heart defects to enjoy better heart function with fewer open-heart surgeries.

News coverage spurs drug abuse?
The news commonly reports about deaths from prescription opioid abuse.

Insurance status may affect children’s mortality after trauma
A Children’s study found that uninsured children were 3.3 times more likely to die from trauma-related injuries than children with commercial insurance plans.

Crossing the cultural divide
Urmi Bhaumik, MBBS, MS, DSc, was born and raised in India, one of the most diverse continents in the world.

Trial by fire in Iraq
In 2005, Khalid Algarrahii  was beginning the first year of his surgical residency in the biggest hospital in Basra, Iraq’s war-torn southern province.

Art for Kool Kidz
program has helped bring art programs to patients and employees.

Derek Carver
Congratulations to Derek Carver, manager of Radiology Education and Training, who’s been selected as December’s Employee of the Month.

Best doctors ever
Thanks so much for being so nice to me when I had to go to the emergency room.