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Walk with a Doc in Washington Park paves path to better health
Walkers met in Washington Park Saturday to enjoy a brisk walk with Dr. Jess Kuester, who explained the importance of calcium and vitamin D and answered their health questions.
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Analysis: Impact of Obamacare on health care costs hard to diagnose
Demand and supply do not have the same impact on prices in the health insurance and care market as for, let’s say, refrigerators and potato chips, according to Wisconsin economists.
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‘Be Girl Project’ teaches leadership through urban arts
TRUE Skool’s urban arts program for teens has expanded an initiative to arm girls with knowledge, skills and networks to prepare them for leadership roles.
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Few afterschool programs meet YoungStar staff education standards, study finds
A recent Public Policy Forum report shows that the majority of Milwaukee County’s afterschool programs have low YoungStar ratings, sparking questions about whether the problem is the programs or the system itself.
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Milwaukee’s poor feel the pinch of food stamp cuts
Experts and recipients say two cuts to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are making it more difficult for people to eat healthy and make ends meet.
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Free dental care available to MPS students at 46 schools
Columbia St. Mary’s “Smart Smiles” oral health program expects to provide dental exams, preventive treatments and oral care instruction to 7,000 MPS students this year.
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Deadline looms to enroll in health insurance or face tax
More than 100 organizations throughout the area are working to get individuals signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act or BadgerCare before the March 31 deadline.
Posted inArts and Recreation, Carousel, Health and Wellness, Home, Neighborhoods, News, Washington Park, West
Gospel singers raise their voices to help build new health clinic
Lovers of gospel music and those who always have wanted to experience it will come together at a “Gospel Jubilee” to raise money for a new Lisbon Avenue Community Health Center.
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Expectant mothers receive free dental care at South Side clinic
Approximately 200 low-income pregnant women have been treated by dentists at the Columbia St. Mary’s St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Dental Clinic since January 2013.