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DAP Health successfully acquires Borrego Health, hopes to expand local healthcare services

DAP Health, a long-time healthcare service of the desert, has officially integrated with Borrego Health with approval from Bankruptcy Court and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The two organizations will now operate as one; with approximately 850 employees serving upwards of 100,000 patients of all ages, genders, and socioeconomic backgrounds. With the acquisition

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WHO declares widely used sweetener aspartame a possible cancer cause, but intake guidelines stay the same

Originally Published: 13 JUL 23 18:30 ET By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — For the first time, a semi-independent committee for the World Health Organization said Thursday that it’s determined that aspartame, a popular artificial sweetener found in thousands of products like diet sodas and sugar-free gum, should be put categorized as “possibly carcinogenic to

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Autism Acceptance Month: Inside look at the world’s largest ongoing study for autism

It’s Autism Acceptance Month. Researchers are finding greater awareness and advanced diagnostic capabilities driving an increase in the number of children diagnosed with the condition. 12-year-old Jackson Stepanian was diagnosed with autism before his 3rd birthday. His mother Cara says starting therapies early changed his life. “There was progress right away with language, with interactions.

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Eisenhower Health becomes first licensed obstetrical emergency department in Riverside County

Eisenhower Health announced its newly licensed Obstetrical Emergency Department (OBED), the first in Riverside County. Located in the hospital’s Family Birth Center, the OBED enhances the Center’s comprehensive maternity services available to expectant mothers in the Coachella Valley. The Eisenhower Family Birth Center’s OBED is a specialized area within the Family Birth Center, equipped for

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Eisenhower Health CEO discusses hospital’s expanded cardiovascular institute project

Big and potentially life-saving changes are coming to Eisenhower Health over the next few years. The Rancho Mirage-based hospital is creating a cardiovascular institute which will make it one of the most modern and state-of-the-art centers for heart care in the nation. The $156-million project includes the construction of a four-story outpatient center, expansion of

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