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A Historical Look at Health Care on Riker's Island by Dr. Noga Shalev
Riker's Island The June 2009 edition of the American Journal of Public Health contains an article entitled: From Public to Private Care The Historical Trajectory of Medical Services in a New York City...
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Health in Amsterdam & New York: A conference on the 400th Anniversary of...
2009 marks the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s voyage (let’s not say discovery) up the the river that now bears his name. There will be many celebrations marking this anniversary, but perhaps none...
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A Study of Mass Incarceration in the Bronx
The most recent issue of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved includes an article we wrote on the impact of mass incarceration on the communities we serve in the Bronx: Shah M,...
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More Low-cost & Free Health Resources: Acupuncture & Advanced Directives
Low-cost acupuncture treatments For several years, Manhattan’s Swedish Institute (226 W 26th St.) was the place to go for low-cost acupuncture treatment in New York City. The Institute’s teaching...
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Volunteers sought for NYC Doula Project
The New York City Doula Project is seeking volunteers to work as doulas “across the spectrum of pregnancy.” Here is the text of their announcement: What is a Doula? The word doula is an ancient Greek...
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November 10th Fundraiser for El Punto en la Montaña, a Syringe Exchange...
Our colleague Dr. Rob Roose forwarded this announcement of a fundraiser for the El Punto en la Montaña Syringe Exchange Program in rural Puerto Rico. He noted that: “injection drug use and its related...
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People’s Power Breakfast and Speak-Out to Fix Health Care in Brooklyn:...
Stephen Berger, Investment Banker & Chair of Cuomo's Medicaid Resign Work Group Doctors for the 99% will be out on Wednesday morning (1/15/2012) at 7AM to provide a people’s answer to a $75-a-plate...
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Stop the closing of Long Island College Hospital: Town Hall Meeting on...
Our colleagues in the New York State Nursing Association (NYSNA) and the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR) have alerted us to action on 2/14/2013 to stop the closing of Long Island College...
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Health/PAC Bulletin Archives available online: A new resource for health...
Health/PAC (the Health Policy Advisory Center) has recently posted PDF versions of all their Bulletins at: http://www.healthpacbulletin.org/. The Bulletin was published from 1968 to 1994 and...
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2015 Left Forum in NYC: The Health Track & Something to celebrate
The 2015 Left Forum will take place on the weekend of May 29-May 31, 2015 at John Jay College in the Bronx. Readers of the Social Medicine Portal readers may be interested in the Health Track....
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