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Tuesday, February 07, 2017, 12:00 p.m.
Medicaid and Health Reform - Past, Present, and Uncertain Future
The 2016 election has cast significant doubt over the fate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its accompanying Medicaid expansion. Republican leaders have stated their intention to repeal the law, putting health insurance coverage for 20 million Americans in...
Tuesday, October 25, 2016, 12:00 p.m.
Surviving Breast Cancer: When Doctor Becomes Patient
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and its symbol, the pink ribbon, will be ubiquitous. Despite growing awareness and new developments in prevention and detection, one in eight women - approximately 12 percent of the population - will develop breast...
Thursday, October 13, 2016, 4:00 p.m.
Support and Survival: Handling Alzheimer's and Dementia
A diagnosis of Alzheimer's or dementia is among the most worrisome challenges of aging. Those who struggle with these diseases often become a shadow of their former selves. In worst case scenarios, the transformation results in violent tendencies in loved...
Friday, May 27, 2016, 12:00 p.m.
Recovery, Not Jail: It's Time to Stop Abandoning America's Mentally Ill
In a national survey, the Treatment Advocacy Center found that, in 44 of 50 states, the largest prison or jail held more people with serious mental illness than the largest state psychiatric hospital. Mental health is one of the most...
Friday, April 22, 2016, 12:00 p.m.
Untangled: The Critical Work of Raising Teenage Girls
Parents of teenage girls know that their daughters enjoy terrific strengths and face unique challenges as they move through adolescence. Though we often describe the teenage years as stressful, raising a teenage girl doesn't have to feel like a tangled...
Thursday, April 14, 2016, 12:00 p.m.
Unsung Heroes: Behind the Scenes of Organ, Eye, and Tissue Donation
In June, Cleveland will host the Donate Life Transplant Games of America, a biennial multi-sport festival featuring 3,000 athletes competing in 20 events. It provides the perfect backdrop to discuss organ, eye, and tissue donation. More than 123,000 Americans are waiting...
Friday, March 25, 2016, 12:00 p.m.
At the Heart of Cleveland's West Side
Cleveland's public hospital system is in the process of transforming its main campus. The MetroHealth System will spend hundreds of millions of dollars on improvements to its 52-acre campus and continue working with community partners to improve the entire West...
Wednesday, February 24, 2016, 12:00 p.m.
Ohio is one of 32 states and the District of Columbia (D.C). that have chosen to expand Medicaid eligibility. Some states have done so by adopting alternative methods of expansion, and some are proposing welfare-style work or eligibility time limits....
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