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Health/Wellness
Selected Chicago
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A list of clinics for the under-served and uninsured.
Local and national leader in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Improves HIV/AIDS services and funds/coordinates prevention, care, and advocacy projects.
Comprehensive AIDS service provider for northern Cook County.
CBHC is a coalition of organizations and individuals, working to help create and advocate for an accessible, quality health care system that provides for everyone. With offices in both Champaign, IL and Chicago, CBHC's energetic and dedicated staff employ a tenacious grassroots campaign to educate and involve health care consumers, build coalitions with other organizations who share their commitment to social justice, and make regulatory and legislative changes at the local, state and national levels.
A directory of CDS members who provide free or sliding scale services -- some specifically for children, the elderly and for those with HIV/AIDS.
Located on the first floor of the Cottage View Terrace senior residential building, Cottage View Health Center's primary focus is serving the health needs of the senior population of the Grand Boulevard, Kenwood, and Oakland communities on the South side of Chicago.
Near North Health Services health clinic serving the Oakland, Kenwood, Bronzeville, Grand Blvd. and Washington Park communities. Fifteen-dollar visits for the unemployed and uninsured.
Located in Southwest Humboldt Park, the Louise Landau Health Center is conveniently located in this rapidly growing community. This center boasts of state of the art medical facilities. $15 visits for the unemployed and uninsured.
Hearing conservation specialists. Designers and manufacturers of custom ear plugs and monitors. Artists' health clinic that specializes in evaluating, treating and preventing work-related disorders in the arts. Patients can usually be seen regardless of their insurance coverage or ability to pay.
NNHSC’s Winfield Moody Health Center has been serving Chicago's Cabrini Green area since 1966. With a new building, state-of-the-art equipment and expert staff that understands health care as a complex set of relationships between ‘body and soul’.
Selected National/International Links
An extensive list of resources and information concerning both adult and children's health issues. Advances public awareness of the benefits of music therapy, and increases access to quality music therapy services. Provides additional information on chemical and material hazards in the workspace, as well as a database of these hazards. A health surveillance system to monitor and prevent disease outbreaks (including bioterrorism.) Maintains national health statistics and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Provides information and resources on tinnitus, hearing loss, hearing evaluation referrals, hearing aids and assistive listening devices (ALDs), as well as a referral service of audiology partners, ear doctors, and entertainment links. Web page providing links to articles on common injuries sustained by musicians as well as preventative treatments to injuries. Thorough, credible information on every aspect of your health.
Founded by Martha Eddy and Carol Swann, this San Francisco based school seeks to bridge the ARTS-SCIENCE-EDUCATION-HEALTH disciplines. Through the interface of many artistic and theoretical systems (body-mind disciplines, dance science, design, history, kinesiology, motor learning, videography, etc.) they encourage the emergence of new forms of leadership and social action. Classes offered in dance, body mind-centering, improvisation, authentic movement, alexander technique, and more. Informative article providing information on injuries commonly sustained by musicians. Find chiropractors in Chicago that specialize in treating music related injuries. The mission is to promote health and quality of life by preventing or controlling those diseases, birth defects, disabilities, or deaths that result from interactions with the environment.
Directory of free clinics, listed by state.
Works to reduce human illness by studying environmental and individual factors underlying disease. A program of the Center for Disease Control, The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related disease and injury.
The NIH mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone.
Its mission is to educate and influence society to adopt safety, health, and environmental policies that prevent human suffering and economic losses arising from preventable causes. A program of the Department of Health and Human Services. Provides information on and studies the effect of toxic substances on the public health.
OCHP supports and facilitates EPA's efforts to protect children's health from environmental threats. This Office operates a grant program for state and local governments, conducts research and outreach on healthy homes, enforces the lead hazard disclosure law, and develops lead-based paint regulations and policies. OSHA's mission is to assure the safety and health of America's workers by setting and enforcing standards; providing training, outreach, and education.
Organization of physicians and other allied professionals, dedicated to improving health care in the performing arts. Provides links to clinics and educational resources. Argues in support of vocal checkups.
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