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• Salem toddler beats cancer, now parents want to help

  BY DERRICK PERKINS When John Rufo learned his baby daughter had a cancerous tumor on her kidney, he stepped out of the hospital emergency room and vomited in the parking lot. “How can anything go wrong with a 10-month-old baby, especially my child? Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:41 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Health & Fitness, cancer, blood drive

• Region readies for H1N1 virus

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Local officials are gearing up preparations to take on the potential outbreak and spread of the H1N1 virus as flu season approaches. “We’re hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst,” said Brian Lockard, the Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 23, 2009 2:13 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Health & Fitness, H1N1

• Salem teen in D.C. to lobby for food allergy act

  BY DARRELL HALEN When 80 kids converge on Capitol Hill to lobby lawmakers to pass a bill calling for voluntary food allergy guidelines in schools, Chris Giuliano of Salem will be among them. The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network, an organization dedicated Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 23, 2009 2:08 PM by Salem Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: Salem, Health & Fitness, D.C., food, Washington, allergies

• EEE watch - Disease not found in Salem, but officials urge caution

  BY DERRICK PERKINS As more communities have been placed under a state public health threat for Eastern equine encephalitis in recent days, local health officials are trying to keep the public aware of the dangers of the insect-borne disease. According Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 09, 2009 2:09 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Health & Fitness, EEE

• 20-month-old Salem girl is ‘hero’ of Jimmy Fund Walk

  BY DARRELL HALEN Brian Godfrey has never met Milana Rufo. But the 20- month-old Salem girl, who was treated for a kidney tumor at the Jimmy Fund Clinic in Boston, will inspire Godfrey as he walks to raise money for cancer care and treatment. Godfrey, Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 26, 2009 2:30 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Health & Fitness, charity, Jimmy Fund Walk

• Officials say education is key to stay healthy

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Health officials are coordinating efforts across the region and reaching out to the public with information regarding the arrival of the H1N1 “swine flu” in New Hampshire. “A lot of it is education,” said Brian Read More... Posted Thursday, May 07, 2009 8:48 AM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Health & Fitness, swine flu, H1N1

• Salmonella strikes dozens on science trip

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Fifty-four seventh-grade students, including five who went to area hospitals, have fallen ill from salmonella since returning from an environmental camp. State health officials began investigating the illness after students began showing Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 22, 2009 2:38 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Salem, Health & Fitness, students, salmonella, Stone Environmental School, Madison

• Former heart patient gathers stuffed bunnies for children in need

  BY DARRELL HALEN What better way to put a smile on a sick or needy child’s face at Easter than by giving them a new stuffed bunny to hug? Arianna Centazzo hopes to make hundreds of children happy this year. That’s why the 6-year-old Salem Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 04, 2009 3:44 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Salem, Health & Fitness, donations

• Collection agency called in for Salem ambulance bills

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Fire and finance department officials are making a break with tradition by enlisting the services of a collection agency to help recoup some of the $132,000 owed to the town in outstanding ambulance bills. In March, Director of Finance Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 03, 2008 3:57 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Salem, Health & Fitness, fire department, Selectmen, selectman

• Salon Grazie helps Salem's Fisk School get a defibrillator

  BY DARRELL HALEN Susan Garofalo’s husband, Arthur, suffered sudden cardiac arrest while working out in a gym three years ago. An automated external defibrillator there was used to save his life. That sent Garofalo on a mission: to get AEDs into Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 14, 2008 3:19 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Health & Fitness

• His son survived cancer, now he’s racing for others

  BY DARRELL HALEN Grateful for the medical treatment his young son received when he battled cancer, and with a desire to help families dealing with the disease, Dane Hoover Jr. will soon endure the challenge of running the 26.2-mile Boston Marathon. He’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008 2:04 PM by Salem Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: Salem, Health & Fitness, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Marathon

• Salem program helps children with disabilities

  BY DARRELL HALEN As Joey Goulet, 5, swam toward one end of a swimming pool, his swimming partner, Zack Martin, 16, offered words of encouragement. “Come on buddy, keep going,” said Zack as he, too, moved closer to the end of the pool. “You’re Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 17, 2007 3:20 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Salem, Kids & Family, Merrimack Valley, Health & Fitness, swimming, boys & girls club, children

• Giving stroke victims a helping hand – New technology gives function back to patients

  BY MATT HERSH After she suffered a stroke last year, Lillian Tarr’s right hand was clenched into an unmovable fist. Now, she’s using it to pick up small wooden blocks. Tarr, a resident of North Andover, Mass., is one of about 25 patients at Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 28, 2007 12:34 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Health & Fitness

• Senior Center fees go to general fund

  By Matt Hersh Staff Writer Observer/Matt Hersh Salem Board of Selectmen Chairman Michael J. Lyons discusses the issue of membership fees with senior citizens at the Ingram Senior Center on Wednesday, September 27. After a complaint by a Budget Committee Read More... Posted Thursday, October 05, 2006 12:58 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Kids & Family, Merrimack Valley, Health & Fitness, Political