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Apr 21 2024
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New health center to serve area youth inside Saginaw United High School
SAGINAW, MI – Saginaw United High School will be home to a new Great Lakes Bay Health Centers school-based health center when it opens in the fall.
The new health center will be like the existing centers at Saginaw High School and Arthur Hill High School, serving all Saginaw County students from ages 3-21.
MLive.comApr 19 2024
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New federal PFAS rules to protect health will cost Mass. communities millions
An estimated 181 water systems in Massachusetts will likely be affected by new federal rules limiting toxic PFAS chemicals in drinking water. Of those, an estimated 95 will have to address these so-called “forever chemicals” for the first time, according to data from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. Treating drinking water for PFAS often involves installing expensive
WBURApr 16 2024
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Intermountain Health nurse-midwives launch new gynecology access clinic
Intermountain Health has had certified nurse-midwives in Utah since 1989, when they first attended births at Intermountain LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. Now, 35 years later, the number of certified nurse-midwives at Intermountain Health in Utah has grown to 50. There are now 16 Utah hospital locations where they're able to deliver babies from Logan to St. George. In 2023, Intermountain
KSLApr 16 2024
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New Mexico mental health first responders are increasingly civilians, not police
ALBUQUERQUE, April 6 (Reuters) - (This April 6 story has been refiled to say Mariela, not Maria, in paragraph 10) Unarmed emergency responders Nevada Sanchez and Sean Martin take a police dispatch call in southeast Albuquerque, New Mexico, a city with high rates of violent crime and police shootings. They have no enforcement powers or protective equipment and say they use their voices and
ReutersApr 16 2024
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Why homeless people are losing health coverage in Medicaid mix-ups
Why homeless people are losing health coverage in Medicaid mix-ups On a cold February morning at the Flathead Warming Center in Kalispell, Montana, guests who had stayed overnight in the shelter were getting ready for the day. But Tashya Evans was sticking around. She needed help with her Medicaid application. She had lost Medicaid coverage last September, she said, because she didn't receive
NPR (Online News)Apr 22 2024
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Infection, hemorrhage, sepsis: Idaho doctors detail ways abortion ban risks patients’ health
Dr. Becky Uranga has always loved working in emergency obstetrics. As an OB-GYN, she and her colleagues at OGA Women’s Health rotate emergency shifts, when Uranga spends 24 hours covering labor and delivery and caring for Treasure Valley patients with urgent medical needs. For the last several months, those shifts have come with a new challenge. In January, a U.S. Supreme Court order allowed
Idaho StatesmanApr 09 2024
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Delicious blueberries can beautify the landscape and boost health
Blueberries are packed with important nutrients, including vitamins and ascorbic acid. They’re also a superior source of antioxidants such as anthocyanins, procyanidins, chlorogenic acid and various flavonoid compounds. Anthocyanin, the main antioxidant in blueberries, is linked with a myriad health benefits. It boasts cancer-fighting properties, supports eye health, possesses antidiabetic
The Times-PicayuneApr 09 2024
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Reap health benefits: Consider an organic vegetable garden
As we move along in spring the weather has been improving day by day and the urge to get involved with the earth may be growing. Why not consider getting out and growing some of your own vegetables. There are resources available to assist in this effort. Both the pride as well as the effort of producing and consuming some of your own fresh vegetables should not be discounted. Add to this the
Tallahassee DemocratApr 15 2024
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King William schools superintendent advocates for mental health support positions
KING WILLIAM — King William County Public Schools is seeking new positions to deal with student behavior experienced since the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools Superintendent Chuck Wagner spoke about what he said were continuing behavior problems at the joint budget work session with the county’s Board of Supervisors on March 6. “Our teachers do need some professional assistance with managing the
Daily PressApr 22 2024
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Scientist discovers kindness leads to heart health after unwittingly sharing love with test rabbits
You may live longer if others are kind to you. Others may live longer if you show them kindness in turn. If both sides are kind, we may all live longer. It seems we are past the days when this was a mere philosophical idiom, as now the science is in, telling us: kindness matters. Proving the very unscientific-sounding saying, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” was probably
The Epoch Times