MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle and First Lady Jessica Doyle announced this week the state’s new Organ Donor Registry. The web-based registry will make it even easier for Wisconsin residents to list … [Read more...]
Health Insurance Reform and African Americans
This week on Tuesday, March 23, Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement, conducted a media briefing to discuss the benefits and protections … [Read more...]
Free help with prescriptions
A program is offering help for low-income residents having trouble filling prescription medications. The PARs or Prescription Assistance Referral Service program is helping residents by linking them … [Read more...]
Irving Stone Trust makes $312,000 gift to Aurora Health Care Foundation
Aurora Health Care Foundation president Bev Greenberg and George Hinton, vice president and chief administrative officer of Aurora Sinai Medical Center receive a $312,000 check from Diane Ostrowski, … [Read more...]
GE Foundation grants $1 million to health centers in Milwaukee
The GE Foundation-the philanthropic organization of GE-and the GE Corporate Diversity Council awarded $1 million in total to four Milwaukee community healthcare centers toward the goal of increasing … [Read more...]
H1N1 influenza remains a threat
By Bevan K. Baker, Milwaukee Health Commissioner Last spring – well outside what’s commonly referred to as “flu season” – residents were inundated with reports of a new virus that was rapidly … [Read more...]
It’s not too late to change your Medicare Advantage Plan coverage
By Hal Sadowy, vice president and general manager for Today’s Health® HMO in Wisconsin If you are on Medicare and believe your current Medicare Advantage plan is not meeting your health care … [Read more...]
Dare to Be Aware – Inner Healing Fair at the Domes on March 20
Natural approaches to self-improvement The Mitchell Park Domes, 524 S. Layton Boulevard, invites visitors to attend its Dare to Be Aware event, an Awareness and Inner Healing Fair, on Saturday, March … [Read more...]
Surgery & injections protect patients from vision loss to age-related eye diseases
Arnold “Alex” Luessi, 80, has a colorful life story that spans time and geographical boundaries, including immigration to the United States from Switzerland in 1952 onboard the Queen Elizabeth. But, … [Read more...]
Spices: 10 reasons why they are vital for your health
by Keith Scott MD Over the past decade medical scientists have discovered that ordinary culinary herbs and spices contain a vast quantity of exceptionally important plant nutrients that can help to … [Read more...]