- Center for Integrative Medicine: Special Programs
- The Center for Integrative Medicine (CIM) at the George Washington University Medical Center offers a variety of complementary and alternative therapies within a peaceful environment to promote healing and wellness. As an integrative center, we combine alternative treatments with conventional medicine, our practitioners work collaboratively, and we partner with patients to create individualized programs of care for body, mind and spirit. We have identified seven special program areas in which we focus our comprehensive caregiving. They include: Oncology and Quality of Life, Multiple Sclerosis and Quality of Life, Integrative Women’s Health, PreConception, Healthy Aging for Women, General Wellness and Healthy Heart, and Back and Spine Care. Please visit our website for more information about these programs and our other services.
- 283 clicks since 19-Feb-2002
- DC Rape Crisis Center
- The DC Rape Crisis Center is a private non-profit`` organization that has served the Washington community`` since 1972, offering free, 24-hour-a-day counseling,`` support, and crisis intervention for sexual assault`` survivors, their families and friends.
``24-Hour Hotline: 202-333-RAPE TTY: (202) 328-1371
- 362 clicks since 2-Apr-2000
- Insure Kids Now!
- Through Insure Kids Now!, we are working to make sure that families know about their insurance options and`` low-income children are enrolled in health insurance programs for which they qualify. Legislation enacted in 1997 is`` the cornerstone of this effort. Insure Kids Now! allows states to offer free or low-cost health insurance to more`` children by expanding their current program, establishing new program. Many children of working parents now`` qualify for health insurance under Insure Kids Now! state programs.
``Toll Free : 1-877-Kids-Now
- 359 clicks since 9-Feb-2000
- National Marrow Donor Program
- The National Marrow Donor Program's mission is to facilitate successful transplants of hematopoietic cells from `` volunteer unrelated donors as life-saving therapy for patients of all `` racial and socioeconomic backgrounds.
- 212 clicks since 9-Feb-2000
- Spanish for Health Care Professionals
- Medical spanish program offered in Washington, Arlington, and Bethesda.
- 338 clicks since 4-Oct-2002
- Teenquit
- Information and support to help teens that smoke reduce or stop their smoking habit. Incorporates the ASCENT curriculum, Adolescent Smoking Cessation Escaping Nicotine and Tobacco, which was developed under a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Contains steps for quitting, quit tools, support for parents and facilitators, advocacy, and more.
- 180 clicks since 17-Apr-2003
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