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Baltimore: The city in September will launch a six-month cognisance campaign about salt intake associated with high rakehell pressure, particularly among blacks, the Baltimore Sun reports. According to the Sun, "In a city that is nigh 65% black, the risks of high blood pressure, which privy lead to heart onrush, kidney failure and stroke, are especially high." As part of the feat, health department officials volition collaborate with health and research professionals to break recommendations on how urban center officials and food suppliers can shrink salt usance (Brewington, Baltimore Sun, 8/12).
Delaware County, Pa.: The County Office of Services for the Aging, Senior Community Services and the Hispanic Resource Center in Chester have partnered to offer help roger Huntington Sessions to elderly Hispanic residents that focus on available health fear benefits, the Delco Times reports. The sessions will help elderly Hispanic residents complete paperwork to apply for benefits, as well as inform them about Medicare, the state's Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly and other programs (Brisson, Delco Times, 8/8).
Miami: The University of Miami's Center on Aging is launching a two-year project that will examine the effects of caring for a family member with Alzheimer's disease in minority communities, the Miami Herald reports. The project will involve at about cc Hispanic, Haitian-American and opprobrious family caregivers in South Florida. As part of the program caregivers will be given video monitors to connect with other caregivers, social workers or medical experts and keep an eye on pre-recorded videos about caring for an Alzheimer's disease patient. According to the Alzheimer's Association, nationwide, 9.8 billion people in the U.S. were providing unpaid care for soul with Alzheimer's in 2007. There are few studies available that examine how caring for a person with Alzheimer's affects nonage communities, the Herald reports (Beras, Miami Herald, 8/12).
Fresno, Calif.: The Family Health Care Network and the Consulate of Mexico throw partnered to establish a health imagination center for Mexican residents in the Central Valley, the Visalia Times-Delta reports. The inwardness, Ventanilla de Salud, testament offer health care advice and referrals, provide information on health education and wellness, and connect individuals to seize community-based resources (Visalia Times-Delta, 8/12).
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