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By Melissa Evans
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Sunday, May 20 2007 |
 Henrik Rosvall at the Rehab Institute
The partnership could mean administrative cuts at the 38-bed facility, where patients are treated for physical and cognitive trauma from strokes, car accidents and other debilitating illnesses.
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By Melissa Evans
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Tuesday, May 15 2007 |
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For a meeting about urban planning, Monday night’s gathering drew an unorthodox crowd: health care officials and social service providers. As the city heads into the long process of updating of its general plan, health officials say that high rates of obesity, diabetes and other health-related issues can be compounded by poor planning.
The meeting was organized in part by City Councilwoman Helene Schneider and others in the new “Coalition for Community Wellness.”
It is no accident, an expert said, that obesity rates rose as neighborhoods fanned out from city centers, schools and workplaces.
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By Melissa Evans
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Monday, May 14 2007 |
For a meeting about urban planning, Monday night’s gathering drew an unorthodox crowd: Health care officials and social service providers.
As the city heads into the long process of updating its general plan -- a major ordeal that will dictate growth and development for the next 20 years -- health officials want a say due to the high rate of obesity, diabetes and other health-related issues that can be compounded by a poorly planned city, advocates say.
“The things you do dictate where people go, how they get from Point A to Point B,” said Alex Kelter, a retired physician and chief of Epidemiology and Prevention for Injury Control. “What you do probably has more to do with health care than anything.” |
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By Melissa Evans
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Thursday, May 03 2007 |
Thanks to a gift from Charles and Helen Schwab, St. Vincent's will name a new community center at its nearly-completed affordable housing project after the Rev. Virgil Cordano, one of the most well-known priests in Santa Barbara. The Rev. Cordano, who is still recovering from a near-fatal bout of septic shock two weeks ago, has been good friends with the Schwabs for years. |
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By Tom Schultz
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Monday, April 02 2007 |
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Part office, part spa and part chapel. This is how Executive Director Gail Rink has come to characterize the new hospice at 2050 Alameda Padre Serra, behind the Riviera Theatre.
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