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A MODERN-DAY TUSKEGEE AND WHAT’S REALLY WRONG WITH U.S. HEALTHCARE

The crime of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment isn’t that it was an experiment—medicine improves only through smart experiments. What made Tuskegee so shameful was that a cure for syphilis had finally been discovered, but news of the cure was deliberately kept from the patients who needed it the most, patients with tertiary stage syphilis.
 
For the past 6 years, the world has been in the midst of a situation hundreds of times worse than Tuskegee. Like the Tuskegee syphilitics, the patients affected aren’t even aware of the injustice. As in Tuskegee, patients are paying with their lives.  Read More >>

Affordable Health Care for Those in Need

For the 46 million Americans living without health insurance today, and millions more who are underinsured, proper health care is a luxury many people can’t afford.  Fortunately, there are a wide range of programs and services that provide free or low-cost medical care to those in need. Here’s where to look.   Read More >>
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Unused Medication Disposal Program in Greater St. Louis

Residents of the St. Louis bi-state region are in a unique position to “save the planet”…one pill at a time. They can now participate in the only medication disposal program of its kind currently funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.   Clean out your medicine cabinet and bringing your prescription or over-the-counter medications to RxMEDS -- “Regional eXcess Medication Disposal Service”.

Area Resources for Community and Human Services (ARCHS) received the EPA grant last year to implement RXMEDS in conjunction with Schnuck Markets, Inc., St. Louis College of Pharmacy, CINTAS Corporation, AARP Missouri, Mideast Area Agency on Aging, OASIS, and Senior Services Plus.    Read More >>
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