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Meals on Wheels provides more than just food

...The socialization is huge," she said.Once a month, the center also sends a nurse along with Rainville to assess the health and well-being of clients.Mahurin said the personal touch is appreciated."They're concerned enough that they'll...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-20/meals-wheels-provides-more-just-food
State
No 'invisible hand' in health care

...capitalist society don't really apply to pricing in the health care profession.Those cost disparities were made public...socialized medicine argument. Like a few other industries, the health care profession is straddling the line between the two...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-05-14/no-invisible-hand-health-care
Opinion
Parents and grandparents - protect school nurses from cutbacks

...schools, two middle schools, three high schools, as well as the Montessori and Charter Schools. The requirements for the health assistant position have been identified as a high school diploma - that is it! That means that your child, when they...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-05-12
Letters
Health reforms penalize some Native Americans

...Tribal Health Consortium, estimates that about one-third of the 140,000 Alaska Native population would have to pay the health care penalty. That includes her nieces and nephews from the largely Yup'ik Eskimo region, comprised of tiny villages...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-16/health-reforms-penalize-some-native-ame
State
March for Babies Saturday

...skippers and kids in strollers are welcome participants in the walk.The mission of the March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. The organization provides mothers, pregnant...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2013-05-08/march-babies-saturday
Neighbors
Encroaching sea already a threat in Caribbean nations

...major property developer on Grenada's famed Grande Anse Beach, said the availability of capital, energy costs and the health of the global economy are far more imminent concerns than rising sea levels. He notes that most existing beach resorts...

http://juneauempire.com/david-mcfadden/2013-05-08/encroaching-sea-already-threat
Alaska Warrior transition units ready

...Although our greatest day would be the one in which we have no Soldiers to treat; we are here, ready and dedicated to the health and wellbeing of these Soldiers who have universally sacrificed so much and deserve all the best we can give them...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-05/alaska-warrior-transition-units-ready
State
My Turn: Support reductions of Chinook salmon bycatch

...troubled times. Returns to state rivers stretching from Cook Inlet to the Yukon have been much lower than needed to sustain the health of runs that support commercial, sport and subsistence fisheries. Cook Inlet and the Yukon River have seen closures...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-04-04/my-turn-support-reductions-chinook-sa
Opinion
The Douglas-Dornan Foundation call for grant applications

...support from April 1 through June 1. The Foundation offers financial grants to organizations that benefit and enhance the health, education and welfare of individuals in Southeast Alaska.Examples of possible Foundation financial support include...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2013-04-14/douglas-dornan-foundation-call-gran
Neighbors
In their own words: JEDC on revitalization of downtown

...indicates the group's progress so far on the issues.HistorySince 2010, a group of Juneau citizens with concerns about the health and vitality of downtown Juneau met several times to discuss their concerns and options available to revitalize the downtown...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-04-07/their-own-words-jedc-revitalization-dow
Local

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