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pneumonia in lung transplant patients :: Article Creator A Patient's Guide To Pneumonia: Causes, Treatment And Prevention Pneumonia — an infection of one or both of your lungs — can leave you coughing, feverish and feeling miserable.… Pneumonia — an infection of one or both of your lungs — can leave you coughing, feverish and feeling miserable. And sometimes, it can land you in the hospital struggling to breathe. While the rate of pneumococcal infections has been decreasing since the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in 2000, more than 40% of the bacteria that cause pneumonia are resistant to one or more antibiotics, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In October 2024, the CDC reported an increase in pneumoniae infections among children ages 2 to 17 in the United States. This rise in pneumonia cases is largely being caused by the bacteria Mycoplasma pneumoniae. M. Pneumoniae infections are generally m
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“Planned Parenthood App Helps Deliver Birth Control, UTI Medication - CBS Denver” plus 1 more

“Planned Parenthood App Helps Deliver Birth Control, UTI Medication - CBS Denver” plus 1 more

Planned Parenthood App Helps Deliver Birth Control, UTI Medication - CBS Denver

Posted: 30 Aug 2019 05:10 PM PDT

DENVER (CBS4)– A new app by Planned Parenthood allows women to get birth control delivered to their door. The app also helps deliver treatment for urinary tract infections.

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"They can be sitting in their living room, they can be in their car on their lunch break," said Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains Medical Director, Dr. Kristina Tocce.

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Like an office evaluation, she said, the app walks women through a set of questions. The women submit their answers and a Planned Parenthood provider responds within 24 hours.

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"When people have barriers to health care, they often have to delay care or forgo care altogether and so the more we can meet patients where they are, the healthier patients are going to be," said Tocce.

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Dana Gutwein said it makes life easier for busy moms like her. She has two kids, two dogs and works inside and outside the home.

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"It feels like every day is just a total scramble rush from the time we wake up to the time we go to bed," said Gutwein.

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Squeezing in time to go to the doctor for a birth control prescription, she said, is difficult, "For each appointment, it's time away from work or getting a babysitter. I would love to just be able to do that in a faster easier way because I've got to have it."

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Now, she can. There's an app for that.

"It seems like such a small thing but it's going to make a big difference for me and many other women in Colorado."

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The app is called Planned Parenthood Direct. While it is free to download, if you need an evaluation for a urinary tract infection, it's $15 and you have to be 18 years old. Birth control costs $25 for a one-month supply and you have to be at least 15 years old.

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Tocce said it's more important now than ever, "In this time when we're really facing a serious threat in terms of reproductive health access, we're able to improve the access for our patients."

Rehab center helps bald eagles recover - WSYM-TV

Posted: 30 Aug 2019 03:34 PM PDT

LANSING, Mich. — A social media post, gone viral, is helping three symbols of American freedom.

The post was asking people to donate food to a bald eagle rehab center in Eaton Rapids.

"The first (bald eagle) came from Sanalic County around July 4, the second one, Freedom came from Eaton Rapids," said Wildside Rehab and Education Center Director Louise Sagaert.

The most recent bald eagle is still shaken up after being caught.

"Animal control had gotten a call about Bald Eagle needing rescue in Eaton County on Gunnell road near Prey Farms and they were able to spot the bald eagle and captured it," said Sagaert.

Sagaert examined the eagle herself and didn't see any major fractures, but did find an infection.

"She does have an infection in her mouth, which is causing her tongue to swell up and not stay in her mouth so we did some treatment there."

Wildside will be caring for the eagle until the infection clears up.

"She'll be here until that clears up, we'll have to send her to another rehabilitation center that has a large flight cage because we do not have a flight cage that's large enough to fly a bald eagle," says Sagaert.

Wildside plans to get her healthy and strong enough to be released back in Eaton Rapids before winter sets in.

"Release her back here where her home territory is, so she will come back here for release," says Sagaert.

To find out you can help the eagles at the Wildside Rehab & Education Center head to their website,
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