Health and Wellness

Cheshire Medical Center Welcomes Janelle Park, MD
Dartmouth Cancer Center at Cheshire is pleased to welcome Janelle Park, MD, as the medical director of Oncology Services and a practicing radiation oncologist.

Navigating memory loss: 6 tips to support your quality of life
Addressing a major concern in Cheshire County, Melissa Grenier, LCSW, of New Hampshire's Alzheimer's Association Chapter, shares advice for families navigating early-stage memory loss

Aalok V. Khole, MD, named to the Union Leader’s “40 Under Forty” Class of 2023
Khole is honored along with 3 other recipients from within the Dartmouth Health system.

Healthy Eating on a Budget
Heather Ashcraft, MS, RDN, LDN, a registered dietitian at Cheshire, gives tips for eating on the cheap without losing sight of healthy nutrition.

Cheshire’s Family Medicine Residency Program Receives Accreditation from ACGME
Accreditation gives a green light for a new program that will have far-reaching and long-lasting positive health outcomes for the Monadnock Region.

Shannon Brooks: Inspiring herself and others during recovery
Told she might never recover, Shannon sought a second opinion from specialized physical therapist Sharil Cass, DPT, NCS, at Cheshire and proved herself "Shannon Strong."

Inpatient Rehabilitation services build vital link for COVID survivors
During the devastating winter COVID surge of 2021–2022, nowhere was perseverance more exemplified than the Inpatient Rehabilitation department, which specializes in getting people back on their feet and living their lives.

Mike and Kylee West: Finding love and adventure in the Monadnock Region
A travel nurse who lives life one adventure at a time, Mike West, RN, returned to Cheshire Medical Center—and Kylee—for the biggest adventure of his lifetime.

Heart Attack or Sudden Cardiac Arrest—How They Differ and What to Do
Learn about the differences between a heart attack and cardiac arrest.

Taking Care of Your Heart Helps Your Brain
How you treat your heart in your 20s may help your brain when you’re in your 40s and 50s. That’s the finding of a new study that looked at data of 518 participants from a long-range study on heart health.