Things You Should Know About Quality Mammograms
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Low Cost Immunizations for Travelers
In order to prevent contracting diseases like Yellow Fever, Cholera or Japanese Encephalitis when traveling in other countries, the government’s Center for Disease Control recommends that certain vaccines would eliminate your risk of infection. Some local Public Health offices offer… Continue reading
Teens Can Get Confidential GYN Exams for $5.00
In Montgomery County, MD, teenage girls can get gynecological exams, breast exams and even birth control counseling at the local Planned Parenthood Clinic for only $5.00. All they need to have is a note from the school nurse. Planned Parenthood… Continue reading
Free Plastic Surgery For Children
Austin Smiles provides free reconstructive plastic surgery, mainly to repair cleft lip and palate, to the children around Austin, Texas. They do about 75 surgeries a year. Austin Plastic Surgery Foundation, P.O. Box 26694, Austin, TX 78755-0694; 512-451-9300; Fax: 512-451-9312;… Continue reading
Free Eyeglasses, Cornea Transplants, and Glaucoma Screenings
Each year Lions Clubs around the country provide 600,000 free professional glaucoma screenings, perform 25,000 cornea transplants, collect over 3 million pairs of glasses, and provide thousands with free quality eye care. Services are provided based on need, and programs… Continue reading
Find Out, FOR FREE, If You Have Diabetes
Sixteen million Americans have diabetes – one in three does not know it! Research proves that early detection and proper treatment for diabetes can lead to a longer, healthier life. If you or the people you care about are at… Continue reading
Is Your Food Safe?
E-coli, Salmonella, and Listeria Monocytogenes. Fungi, viruses, parasites, and bacteria in foods are estimated to account for 6.5 to 33 million cases of human illness and up to 9,000 deaths in the United States each year. Since 1992, when E… Continue reading
Emergency Rooms Have To Take You
If you walk into an emergency room, do they have to treat you? Emergency rooms are now required to provide an initial screening to assess a patient’s condition, which is designed to stop the automatic transfer of people unable to… Continue reading
Over-the-Counter Birth Control Made Easy
Find out the cost and what’s good and bad about using over-the-counter products like foam, suppositories, vaginal film, sponge, and the male and female condom for birth control. Check out the web page of the Feminist Women’s Health Center at {www.fwhc.org}.
Money For MS Patients To Pay For Counseling
The Western Washington Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society offers financial assistance for counseling to people with Multiple Sclerosis and their families. This program is designed to assist individuals with MS and their families to cope with the disease… Continue reading
