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A new day for mental wellness
Today is the day that the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act takes effect. By federal law, all but very small companies must provide the same level of coverage for mental health as they do for physical h...
Need help with a job, food, haircut, rent?
Mark your calendar!Multiple non-profit agencies and volunteer professionals from the Rochester, Minnesota community are putting on the second annual "Community Connect" event.Last year, hundreds attended. You can get free access to:• Le...
"Tool kits" for military youth available to schools
Army Times reports that the American Association of School Administrators has designed a new online "tool kit to help school officials understand and meet the needs of military children.""Relatively few military kids go to Defense Depa...
Salvation Army hits fundraising goal, helps thousands of kids
The Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign in Rochester, Minnesota surpassed it’s $250,000 fundraisng goal and reached more than $275,000 as of Christmas Eve, 2009.“Surpassing this goal was very important, due to increased Christmas assistance this y...
Childhood cancer survivors at higher risk of heart problems
University of Minnesota Minneapolis researchers say heart problems are a risk for youthful cancer survivors and that they should be followed closely medically post-cancer."Survivors of childhood and young adult cancers are more likely than their...
Calls to Mayo H1N1 appointment line: Twice Rochester\'s population
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota took an "overwhelming" number of calls Wednesday from pregnant women and parents seeking H1N1 vaccinations for their at-risk kids — a number double the size of Rochester's population. "On Tue...
Hundreds treated for H1N1 at Mayo
Mayo Clinic has treated hundreds of people for influenza-like symptoms, presumably pandemic H1N1 flu.On a daily basis, "a few" children are in Mayo Eugenio Litta Children's Hospital with the flu, said Dr. Randall Flick, medical directo...
H1N1 absenteeism in Minnesota schools
The Post-Bulletin's online editor, Brian Sander, has compiled influenza data from the Minnesota Department of Health for you. He did a great job of making the information searchable. The department provided us with data about all higher-than...
Warning signs of immunodeficiency
Quite a while ago I wrote about "primary immunodeficiency syndrome" (known as PI) when Mayo Clinic christened a new primary immunodeficiency syndrome center funded by the Jeffrey Modell Foundation. Ever since I've been wanting to list the 10 warning ...
Give before it happens to you....
Rochester, Minnesota's Cardboard Box City starts this afternoon at Soldiers Field Memorial Park in downtown Rochester.The goal is to raise awareness about homelessness in the Rochester area (view 2006 coverage), while at the same time raising mo...
A year of autism revelations
This has been a year of revelations for families affected by autism. In October, it was reported that autism might be a lot more common than previously thought.According to an October WebMD version of the story, about 1% of children in the United ...
H1N1 deaths double in Texas city
Deaths from pandemic influenza have doubled in one city in a one-week period in Texas. An article about the latest death says 58-year-old Irving Neal Range of Rockport died October 6, 2009 after twice visiting the emergency room. "Dr. William Burgin ...
Senate Finance Committee to vote on key reform bill
The U.S. Senate majority leader said on the Senate floor Thursday that the Senate Finance Committee will vote Tuesday on whether to send a "key" version of health reform to the full Senate for a vote."The measure was initially drafted ...
