'People' Tag

• Non-profit operations plugging health care gap in Chicago

  March 11, 2010

  [Story ID: 785]
  Medill Reports presents a story on community health centers in Chicago that try to fill access-to-care gaps for people too sick to get health care coverage or too poor to afford other care.

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• More young people are having strokes while older people are having fewer: Study

  February 25, 2010

  [Story ID: 600]
  More young people are having strokes while older people are having fewer, according to data from Ohio and Kentucky presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2010.

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• Loyola University Health System provides comfort for sick people

  February 9, 2010

  [Story ID: 272]
  A steaming cup of tea, TV reruns murmuring in the background and snuggling in the coziest blanket you can find are all necessities for a sick day. Loyola University Health System’s Pastoral Care Department is helping bring these simple, but significant comforts into the hospital to people dealing with some of life’s greatest [...]

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• Innovative health text messaging applications launched

  February 6, 2010

  [Story ID: 252]
  Health Txts assists people in changing unhealthy behaviors by sending text messages that encourage specific self-improvement goals at the times and in the places people need it most. For example, someone may receive a message at 10pm saying “only floss the teeth you want to keep.” Health Txts can be used for nearly [...]

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• Survey: 60 percent of Americans doubt health reform will pass this year

  February 5, 2010

  [Story ID: 221]
  While a growing segment of people are becoming more optimistic that a health care overhaul will pass this year, they’re still largely outnumbered by people who think reform won’t happen, The New York Times reports.

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