All posts tagged "medical"
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471TECHNOLOGYWhere You Get Your Breast Exam Matters: Black, Hispanic Chicago Women Less Likely To Be Referred To Top-Tier Centers
Nara Schoenberg Chicago Tribune WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) Statistical analysis found that one of the main factors accounting for the disparity was...
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397HEALTHHospitals Now Required To Reveal Secret Prices Lists Online For Every Medical Procedure, Service
By JC Reindl Detroit Free Press WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) As JC Reindl reports, “The new mandate marks an effort by the...
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409HEALTHGroceries And Therapy, Too? New Mental Health Clinic Opens In A Walmart Store In Dallas Suburb
By Melissa Repko The Dallas Morning News WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) The concept of placing a mental health clinic inside a Walmart...
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869LIFE & STYLETummy Tuck For The Holidays? Many Try To Squeeze In Elective Surgeries At Year’s End
By Lisa Schencker Chicago Tribune WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) Among the procedures that see increases this time of year are bunion surgery,...
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772BusinessAs Illinois Mulls Recreational Marijuana, Its Quieter Cousin — Hemp — Becomes Legal, And Could Be State’s Next Big Cash Crop
By Robert McCoppin Chicago Tribune WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) As Robert McCoppin reports, “Hemp has long lived in the shadow of its...
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482LIFE & STYLEWhen Needs Arise, These Older Women Have One Another’s Backs
By Judith Graham Kaiser Health News WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) “The Caring Collaborative” is a unique program that brings older women together...