health

Start your year off healthy with Rotary’s Winning Wellness Challenge

December 16, 2011 09:24:12 AM

The holidays are a season of indulgence for many (who me?), but we all know New Year’s and its resolutions are just around the corner. If one of your resolutions for 2012 will be to improve your health and fitness, the Rotary Clubs of Southborough and Northborough have just the program for you.

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Town offers flu clinic for all residents on Saturday

November 3, 2011 01:12:16 PM

Need a flu shot? The Board of Health will hold a flu clinic open to all residents ages 12 and older on Saturday at the Senior Center, 9 Cordaville Road. The clinic runs from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

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Southborough seniors can get flu shots on Thursday

October 12, 2011 02:21:06 PM

The Southborough Board of Health is sponsoring a flu clinic for seniors on Thursday, October 13. Southborough residents ages 65 and older will be able to get vaccinated at the Senior Center (9 Cordaville Road) from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.

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Report says cancer rates in Southborough higher than in most Mass towns

September 28, 2011 11:45:43 AM

According to a report released earlier this year by the Massachusetts Office of Health and Human Services, 141 men in Southborough and 117 women were diagnosed with cancer from 2003 to 2007. It’s a statistic that earns Southborough the dubious honor of being one of the towns in Massachusetts with the highest rates of cancer.

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Mosquito population on the rise, but little risk of disease in Southborough

September 7, 2011 09:27:55 AM

Mosquitoes have been in the news lately, what with the death yesterday of a civic leader from Raynham from Eastern equine encephalitis. It was the state’s first case of EEE this year.

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State may follow Southborough’s lead in limiting tobacco sales

August 2, 2011 07:19:56 AM

Late last year the Southborough Board of Health voted unanimously to ban the sale of tobacco products at pharmacies in town. Southboorugh is one of only a handful of communities that have such a ban, but there’s a chance that could change.

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West Nile virus found in Boston. What about here?

July 15, 2011 07:19:10 AM

The first instance of West Nile virus was discovered in mosquitoes in Boston last week. Whether it moves our way remains to be seen, but if it does the first to know about it will be the Central Massachusetts Mosquito Control Project.

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MWDN: Southboro Medical Group president steps down

July 1, 2011 07:13:53 AM

Southboro Medical Group co-founder Dr. Marvin C. Ostrovsky is stepping down as the group’s president after 29 years.

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Nominations sought for public health service award

March 29, 2011 03:53:53 PM

The Southborough Board of Health is seeking nominations for their annual Doctor Stone Award for Outstanding Public Health Service to the Southborough Community.

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You could be Northborough and Southborough’s ‘Biggest Loser’

January 4, 2011 04:06:44 PM

Getting fit is a New Year’s goal for many of us. If it’s one of your resolutions, and if you’re looking for some extra motivation, consider Rotary’s Biggest Loser Fitness Program, which starts kicks off week.

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Selectmen say they don’t support ban on cigarette sales in pharmacies

December 22, 2010 11:39:58 AM

It wasn’t on the agenda at last night’s Board of Selectmen meeting, but before the meeting started I had a chance to ask the selectmen what they thought of the Board of Health’s recent decision to ban tobacco sales in Southborough pharmacies.

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Southborough bans cigarette sales at pharmacies

December 16, 2010 11:38:26 AM

Yesterday the Southborough Board of Health voted unanimously to ban the sale of tobacco products at pharmacies in town, becoming only the seventh municipality in the state to adopt such regulations.

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Board of Health considers restricting tobacco sales

December 15, 2010 10:50:14 AM

At their meeting this afternoon, the Southborough Board of Health will consider whether to ban the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products at pharmacies in town.

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Photos: An epic run for health

December 8, 2010 04:43:55 PM

Southborough resident and founder of NRG-BAR Dan O’Rourke ran nearly 50 miles to Boston and back on Saturday to promote his message of health and nutrition.

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