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Kohl’s & American Cancer Society Partner With Hospitals, Clinics To Address Transportation Needs Of Cancer Patients

Date: 01/27/2021

Seven health systems across Wisconsin have been awarded transportation assistance grants from the American Cancer Society thanks to a donation from Kohl’s.…

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Can Subsidized Transportation Options Slow Diabetes Progression?

Author: Fei Li, PhD, Christopher Kajetan Wyczalkowski, PhD
Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Date: 11/07/2019

This Research in Progress Webinar discusses several low-cost ways of improving transportation opportunities for low-income urban diabetic patients, including providing…

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Dialysis Transportation: Intersection of Transportation and Health Care

Source: Transportation Research Board
Date: 08/14/2019

The report responds to major concerns of public transportation agencies about the rising demand and costs to provide kidney dialysis…

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Association between active commuting and incident cardiovascular disease, cancer, and mortality: prospective cohort study

Author: Carlos A Celis-Morales, Donald M Lyall, Paul Welsh, Jana Anderson, Lewis Steell, Yibing Guo, Reno Maldonado, Daniel F Mackay, Jill P Pell, Naveed Sattar, Jason M R Gill
Source: BMJ
Date: 04/19/2017

“What is already know on this topic: Active commuting, such as walking or cycling, has been recommended as a feasible…

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