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Q Health Connections Receives Best Practices Award
The Governor’s Council on Faith and Community Service Initiatives presented the 2009 Best Practices Awards to Q Health Connections on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at the Progressive Baptist Church Family Life Center, 1505 Burns Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota. The awards were presented by Lee Buckley, Special Advisor to Governor Tim Pawlenty, Windell Clint Calvert, Acting Chair of the Governor’s Council and Joan Fabian, Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Corrections. Accepting the award were Clarence Jones, Director, Sara Khalfa, Assistant Director and Bill Tendle, Executive Director, Southside Community Health Services.
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Minnesota Celebrates DNA Day
Q Health Connections, Concordia University and Northwestern College were proud to host one of three national DNA Day events in St. Paul for Minnesota students in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health Human Genome Research Institute.
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CURRENT HEALTHCARE ISSUES
Healthy swimming behaviors play an important role in stopping the spread of illnesses through recreational water.
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Japanese rock pool mosquitoes become established in state
Officials urge residents to rid property of water-holding containers to thwart breeding of new Minnesota mosquito
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Letting the Patients Call the Shots
I would like to believe that my care is “patient-centered.” I try, for instance, to begin my visits with patients by asking how I can help. And I try not to leave an exam room without setting aside time for anything patients might feel I did not address.
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Slump Pushing Cost of Drugs Out of Reach
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — A year or so ago, when customers buttonholed the pharmacists at Almand’s Drug Store here the questions were invariably about dosing or side effects. These days, they are almost always about cost.
Can I get this as a generic? Is the co-pay really that high? Will you match Wal-Mart’s $4 price? “I’m out of Lexapro,” a woman pleaded one recent Tuesday, speaking of her antidepressant. “Can I just have four pills until payday on Friday?”
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Nearly 1 in 4 Minnesotans Without Health Insurance in 2007-08
Nearly one in four Minnesotans went without health insurance for some period during 2007-2008, a national advocacy group said Tuesday, a sign that rising costs are putting medical coverage beyond the reach of more consumers and employers.
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Clinics Fall Short in Treatment of Transgender Patients, Doctors
Even gay-friendly health care organizations often lack nondiscrimination policies.
Only 10 in 166 outpatient clinics and hospitals got a perfect score on a set of model equal-treatment policies for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender patients and health professionals, according to a May report released by the Gay and Lesbian Medical Assn. and the Human Rights Campaign advocacy group.
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Weight Watching on the Web
Users of social media find that they're more successful in reaching their health and fitness goals when they are supported and held accountable.
Jennifer Emmert blogged away the pounds and is a fat girl no more. Christine Schwarz found a community on SparkPeople to keep her diet and exercise on track. Kaeti Hinck uses Twitter to talk training with fellow beginners and pros.
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Curbing Health Bills Brings Different Costs
High-deductible insurance cuts premiums, but some fear it leads consumers to skimp on care at their peril.
Two years ago, Holly Calvillo signed up for a new type of health insurance that was just starting to get popular.
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