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Ohio Health System Opens Grocer In Food Desert

ProMedica's pop health institute features fresh foods, education and employment in a renovated facility
May 9, 2016
Jeff Ferenc
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ProMedica, Toledo, Ohio, recently opened a full-service grocery store in a renovated building that now provides healthful and affordable food choices in a formerly designated food desert.
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New Bacterial Threat Known as Elizabethkingia Emerges

The origin of the Wisconsin strain seems to be based in the community, but hospitals should be alert for signs. An unrelated strain has emerged in Illinois.
April 22, 2016
Paul Barr
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The origin of the Wisconsin strain seems to be based in the community, but hospitals should be alert for signs. An unrelated strain has emerged in Illinois.
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Throwback Thursday

Franklin Roosevelt’s Surgeon General’s ‘Six-Point Program’

We throw it back to 1936, when the surgeon general’s top priorities included wiping out tuberculosis and boosting access to cancer treatments. We also look at how a hospital managed a surge of patients after a flood.
April 7, 2016
Paul Barr
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We throw it back to 1936, when the surgeon general’s top priorities included wiping out tuberculosis and boosting access to cancer treatments. We also look at how a hospital managed a surge of patients after a flood.
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