cr @ April 25, 2006 # No Comment Yet
by Christopher Richards
Homeless people suffer from medical and dental problems at twice the rate of the national average, according to Anne Nolan, president of Crossroads Rhode Island. The Providence-based organization is the state’s largest agency helping the homeless.
A recent $50,000 donation by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island will cover their operating […]
cr @ April 12, 2006 # No Comment Yet
by Christopher Richards
U.S. Congressman Charles Rangel (NY) listened closely as his old friend, Bud Grant, was telling him about a new drug to combat glaucoma and the need to screen people for the disease. Glaucoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness in America.
Congressman Rangel, whose mother had gone blind from the disease, immediately took […]
cr @ April 5, 2006 # No Comment Yet
by Christopher Richards
April 10 sees the rollout of a new medical and mental health program to serve approximately 1,200 students at West Frankfort and Benton high schools. Services will be delivered by Care-A-Van, a 40-foot-long mobile medical clinic, just arrived at the Southern Illinois University (SIU).
The mobile school health clinic is the brainchild of […]