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Community Clinics Are Ground Zero for Health Care Reform



Community Clinics Are Ground Zero for Health Care Reform (via The Bay Citizen)

Santa Clara County is reaching out to those with little money who don’t qualify for other programs By Genevieve Bookwalter, HealthyCal on April 3, 2012 – 11:56 a.m. PDT Veronica Villalobos works a desk in a crowded waiting room at St. James Health Center in San Jose. She’s looking for those whose…

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Study: Antibiotics Could Be As Effective As Appendectomy



Study: Antibiotics Could Be As Effective As Appendectomy (via redOrbit)

Antibiotics could be just as effective as surgery when it comes to treating one type of appendicitis, researchers at the Nottingham Digestive Diseases Center report in a recently-published study. According to USA Today, as many as two thirds of people suffering from acute uncomplicated appendicitis…

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