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Alzheimer's Association |
800-272-3900 |
American Parkinson Disease Assoc. Information and Referral Center |
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(Dallas County) Area Agency on Aging |
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APS Hotline Emergency Hotline Regional Office Dallas Office |
800-252-5400 817-792-4531 214-331-7700 |
Area Agency on Aging Eldercare Locator |
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Arthritis |
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Attorney General Dallas Office |
214-969-7639 |
Attorney General's Consumer Complaint Hotline |
800-621-0508 |
Attorney General's Medical Fraud Control Unit |
512-463-2011 |
Benefits Checkup You supply information about income and needs and it will list programs and services in the geographic area specified. Contact information is provided |
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Bone Health/Osteoporosis |
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CAPS (Children of Aging Parents) |
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City of Dallas- Crisis Intervention (emergency) |
214-670-4225 |
City of Dallas- Office of Senior Affairs |
214-670-5227 |
Clinical Trials |
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Collin County Committee on Aging, Inc. |
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Contact Dallas |
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Counseling @ Home Senior Services |
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Dallas Area Agency on Aging |
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Dallas County Mental Illness Court |
214-653-7485 |
Dallas County Probate Court Investigators |
214-653-6446 |
Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind |
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Drug Digest |
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Garland- Office of Senior Affairs |
972-205-2890 |
Handyman Plain-O Helpers (Plano) |
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Hospitals Presbyterian Hospital of Plano |
972-981-8000 |
Info on Legal Issues for Texas Seniors |
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Information and Referral Center of Plano |
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Irving Office of Aging |
972-721-2496 |
Jewish Family Service |
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Kosher Home Delivered Meals |
972-437-9950 |
Lab Test Online |
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Legal Guide for Cancer Patients |
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Meals on Wheels |
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MedlinePlus |
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Mesquite Social Services |
922-285-3000 |
National Cancer Institute |
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NIAMS (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases) |
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Parkinsonism Society |
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Pastoral Counseling Center |
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Senior Adult Services (Addison, Carrollton, Coppell, and Farmer's Branch) |
972-242-4464 |
Seniors and the Law |
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Senior Health |
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Social Security Online |
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SPCA Senior Unlimited |
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Texas Council on Family Violence |
800-799-7233 |
Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) |
800-458-9858 |
Texas Department of Human Services You supply information about income and expenses and it will list state programs for which a person might be eligible. Contact information provided. |
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Texas Department of Insurance Complaints Forms |
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Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
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Texas Legal Services Center |
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Texas Records and Information Locator TRAIL provides access to Texas State government information contained in electronic publications. TRAIL facilitates ready access to the information for Texas citizens and other users. |
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The Senior Source |
214-823-5700 |
Veteran Services Office for Dallas County |
214-819-1885 |
Womens' Health |
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Mar 10, 2010 04:24PM
Study suggests too many invasive heart tests given (AP)
AP - A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests.
Mar 10, 2010 03:14PM
Panel: Women need chance to avoid repeat C-section (AP)
AP - Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel that urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurred policies that have swung the pendulum back toward the days of "once a C-section, always a C-section."
Mar 10, 2010 12:39PM
Grocery card in your pocket can pinpoint salmonella (AP)
AP - As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time — the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries.
Mar 09, 2010 01:04AM
Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening (AP)
AP - Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot.
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Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow (AP)
AP - The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease.
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