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Schenectady program helps people manage asthma
Albany Times Union When Community Health Worker JoAnn Vergine showed up at the home Torres shared with Delacruz, his sister, she noticed the 50-year-old woman also suffered from uncontrolled asthma. Delacruz was too depressed to deal with her illness or much else. |
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County, city deserve praise for addressing asthma causes
Schenectady Gazette Congratulations to the Schenectady County Public Health Services for receiving a grant to address the high rates of asthma in the city and county of Schenectady. The County Public Health Services, Ellis Medicine and the Visiting Nurse Services of … |
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Schenectady County is state's asthma hot spot
Schenectady Gazette Adrienne Powell learned she had asthma in 2006. She had been applying for social services in New York City and the results of a physical showed she had the chronic lung disease and a heart condition. She had never really noticed the asthma — she had … |
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Grant could help Schenectady, county in asthma battle
Schenectady Gazette SCHENECTADY — Schenectady County received $25,000 from the state Wednesday to help control and reduce its high rate of asthma. The grant from the New York State Health Foundation came just days after the state Comptroller's Office released a report … Schenectady County wins grant to help manage asthma |
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Schenectady County wins grant to help manage asthma
Albany Times Union The $25,000 grant to Schenectady County will be used to coordinate services that help residents manage asthma, county health and Ellis Medicine officials said at a press event at the County Office Building. Patients who arrive at the Ellis Emergency … |
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Schenectady County gets $25000 to treat asthma patients
Albany Business Review (blog) The county's health department will be pairing residents with specialized care managers, who will prepare asthma-treatment plans and provide other guidance to emergency room patients, state officials said. State and local officials plan to announce … |
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Schenectady tops Bronx as worst place in NY for asthma: study
New York Post ALBANY — Schenectady has edged out The Bronx as the asthma capital of the state among Medicaid recipients. A report issued Friday by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli found that 131.3 of every 1,000 Medicaid recipients in the upstate city have been … |
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