Hospitals in Wrangell, AK - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Searhc Wrangell Medical Center-cah
Critical Access Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: 310 Bennett Street Po Box 1081, Wrangell, Alaska 99929
Ratings:NA Phone: (907) 874-7000

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Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation supports unique event for breast cancer awareness

The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation is pleased to commend the 'Bust a Move' for Breast Health event to be held on January 30, 2010 at the Halifax Metro Centre. Hundreds of Canadians are expected to unite for this unique event to raise funds and awareness for the breast cancer cause, hosted by the QEII and IWK Foundations.

Mystery teen neurological illness followed up by Erin Brockovich meets resistance

Famous environmental activist Erin Brockovich's team faced resistance as they tried to test the area around an upstate New York school for clues to a case involving more than a dozen teens plagued by mysterious Tourette's-like symptoms and seizures. One neurologist who has seen most of the affected girls has diagnosed their illness as psychological in origin, but some parents and members of the community have disputed that diagnosis.

Young offenders face a greater risk for early death, finds new study

In the U.S. the chances of being arrested are one in three by age 23. Youth offenders face a greater risk for early death than the rest of the population; according to a new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, that risk increases as a young person becomes more involved in the judicial system. The more serious and prolonged a youth's interaction with the justice system becomes, the more likely he or she is to die prematurely.

American Cancer Society unveils social web application for cancer patients

The American Cancer Society today unveiled its Circle Of Sharing social web application designed to help cancer patients, their families, and their friends better coordinate support and cancer information as they move through treatment and beyond.

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