After twenty years of therapy, antidepressants and hospitalization, Kathy Forant decided to try one last thing to ease her severe depression: a new nerve-stimulation treatment pioneered at Butler Hospital.
After radiation treatment for three brain tumors left her nearly bald, Amy Finn couldn’t find a hair implant surgeon who would take her insurance. Until she met one doctor who said he’d do it for free.
Barbara Laterra suffered from knee pain for years, and in 2006 she received the first gender-specific knee implant in Rhode Island. Now she can finally go for a walk without crying.
Her doctors told her if she ever wanted to have children, she would have to abort her twins. But last-minute Googling led Heidi Ramsay Caruso to two Rhode Island physicians who finally gave her hope.
Hearing a diagnosis of cancer once is bad enough. Living to hear it a second time is a nightmare. But Anne Fleet fought back, with the help of one doctor who was convinced she’d make it through.
Owner Dick Bowen shares how the beloved franchise got its start and where it's headed, as well as the surprising story behind how the fan-favorite cinnamon sticks came to be.
