PART TwoPROVIDENCE – Here is the ConvergenceRI interview with Laurie Gunter Mantz, which follows PART One, an op-ed she wrote about why dementia is not a disease.ConvergenceRI: Do you know how … more

PART One PROVIDENCE – Misinformation and stigma regarding the acquired neurocognitive disorders known as “dementia,” associated with diseases such as Alzheimer’s, often … more

PROVIDENCE – The facts are nothing without their nuance. When Gov. Dan McKee, R.I. Attorney General Peter Neronha, Senate Majority Leader Michael Mc Caffrey and state Rep. Scott Slater … more

PROVIDENCE – Last week, recovery advocates defeated an entrenched bureaucratic elite in Rhode Island, preserving life-saving programs that had been destined for the bin. At a time when the … more

PROVIDENCE – Some 40 members of the Governor’s Task Force on Overdose Prevention and Intervention conducted an intervention, directed at Richard Charest, director of the R.I. Department … more

WARWICK – John Tassoni, Jr., with a distinctive voice schooled in the Rhode Island vernacular, is launching a new endeavor, serving as the host of RecoveryTV RI, with the first show slated to … more