Medical clinics expanding care to needy
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An out-of-work David Thomas walked into a Milwaukee food pantry just seeking groceries. Thomas learned he was a stroke waiting to happen and got blood pressure medicine along with his bread.
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The grants aim to test the idea that diseases such as trachoma and hookworm, which largely afflict the rural poor, can be tackled together more effectively than one at a time.
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Advances in medical science have made transplant surgery a desired treatment for some serious diseases. Unfortunately, while the number of patients needing a transplant increases, the availability of donated organs remains small.
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A human genetics clinic said on  Thursday it had developed 18 new lines of disease-carrying  embryonic stem cells and was offering them to researchers eager  to study their potential for treating inherited diseases.
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The Framingham Community Health Center, which just opened in March, is hoping to relocate and expand to serve a fast-growing population of low-income, mostly Brazilian patients.
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When the doors of a health center in Loudoun County opened for the first time yesterday, offering many uninsured residents their first medical home, it was in part because of a small, now-defunct hospital in Alexandria and a complex court case dating back a dozen years.
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A US man with a rare form of TB is moved to a special clinic as calls widen for anyone in contact with him to be checked.
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These days, Bethlehem's hospitals aren't just for the sick. They're becoming havens from Israel too.
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With an ambitious new plan, the city hopes to provide a nationwide model that grants health access to all
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Poor-paying positions in health care and social services have driven recent growth in employment in the city.
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While many foreign doctors are drawn to the United States to treat underserved poor and rural areas, some experts and health officials say the physicians are needed more at home.
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Sisters of Mercy Health System is putting money and people on a project to improve patient care through information technology. The St.
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Several companies have sprung up in recent years to help people with serious illnesses and their families stay easily connected.
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A system linking the some of the globe's best doctors with the developing world is saving lives.
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Concern is raised about a new service brought in to provide medical cover outside surgery hours.
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With the government's blessing, more than a dozen states secured health insurance coverage for adults under a program designed to help poor children. Now, there is not enough money to cover the kids.
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A new program to provide low-cost drugs to people with cancer and other serious illnesses has fallen far short of expectations, as just a small number of eligible patients