Many local food pantries have been seeing a steady stream of people looking for food. Oftentimes these individuals are not only hungry, but are facing other challenges related to poverty, such as being uninsured. When you have no health insurance and no money, you will likely go without health care, even when you really need it.
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An Ounce of Prevention: The Facts on Heartworm Disease
Ten-inch worms that set up housekeeping in the arteries of the heart and lungs cause heartworm disease in dogs, and it strikes many beloved family pets in our area each year. The disease is spread by mosquitoes, and no dog is out of its reach in the U.S. Though the heaviest infection rates are along the Mississippi River and its tributaries, heartworm is found in all 50 states. Southeastern Wisconsin is a high infection area.
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Jesse Windom
by Jim Hendersen
Over the past eight years, Jesse Windom has taken five rundown, former slumlord properties and turned them into livable, comfortable shelters for the homeless, mentally handicapped and onetime criminal offenders. He could now be called, respectfully and legitimately, a “shelterlord.”
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Reflexology: Stories the Feet Can Tell
by Michelle Lichtman How vital a body therapy is it? How important are your feet to your overall health & wellness? How long can you walk with a pebble in your shoe? In an average lifetime humans walk to the moon and back. That doesn’t even take into account all the jumping, running, swimming, dancing, […]
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Health Care Reform Summit – Monday, April 23
by Emily DeLeo There are many individuals in this community who do not have access to affordable health care. A recent Riverwest survey shows that 40% of respondents reported that cost had kept them from seeing a doctor or buying medication in the previous year (2004- 2006 Riverwest Community Health Assessment). There is hope for […]
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