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<p>The Santa Cruz Sentinel's Megha Satayanarayana<span><span> </span></span>reports on health care issues facing the Spanish-speaking communities of South Santa Cruz County.</p> <p>Part One: <a href="http://www.reportingonhealth.org/fellowships/projects/silver-smiles-sou… Smiles</a></p> <p>Part Two: <a href="http://www.reportingonhealth.org/fellowships/projects/alone-autism">Alo… with Autism, Latino families struggle with the mysterious illness</a></p>

<p>May Yee Chen of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports on how one hospital in Minnesota cut its C-section rate to 1 in 10 births by expanding the use of midwives.</p>

<p>The Cushing Center, new home to the Cushing Tumor Registry, opened its doors to visitors during the annual reunion in June. Fifteen years in the making, the combined museum, archive, and seminar space, located two floors below ground within the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, is arguably as unique as the collection itself.</p>

<div class="node-body"><div class="node-body"><p>Three-part series on obesity in Merced County</p> <p>Part 1: <a href="../../fellowships/projects/merceds-growing-problem-obesity-lifes-stages">Merced's growing problem of obesity in life's stages</a></p> <p>Part 2: <a href="../../fellowships/projects/teens-have-easy-access-unhealthy-foods">Teens have easy access to unhealthy foods</a></p> <p>Part 3: <a href="http://www.reportingonhealth.org/fellowships/projects/binge-eating-gett… binge eating to getting fit</a></p></div></div>

<div class="node-body"><p>Three-part series on obesity in Merced County</p> <p>Part 1: <a href="../../fellowships/projects/merceds-growing-problem-obesity-lifes-stages">Merced's growing problem of obesity in life's stages</a></p> <p>Part 2: <a href="http://www.reportingonhealth.org/fellowships/projects/teens-have-easy-a… have easy access to unhealthy foods</a></p> <p>Part 3: <a href="http://www.reportingonhealth.org/fellowships/projects/binge-eating-gett… binge eating to getting fit</a></p></div>

<p>Three-part series on obesity in Merced County</p> <p>Part 1: <a href="http://www.reportingonhealth.org/fellowships/projects/merceds-growing-p… growing problem of obesity in life's stages</a></p> <p>Part 2: <a href="http://www.reportingonhealth.org/fellowships/projects/teens-have-easy-a… have easy access to unhealthy foods</a></p> <p>Part 3: <a href="http://www.reportingonhealth.org/fellowships/projects/binge-eating-gett… binge eating to getting fit</a></p>

<p>As Americans struggle with the aftermath of the health care reform bill, and try to determine exactly what it means for themselves and their families, the homeless population is often ignored. Most assume that homeless Americans get free medical care, but that is not necessarily the case. Even those who do have government-sponsored health care are forced to make difficult choices when health must compete with food, shelter, and transportation. This ongoing series of stories will detail the plight of the 'sick and homeless' in Riverside, California.</p>