“The idea of bringing a mobile health clinic to the area was Bishop Robert Lynch’s,” she says. “He challenged the Catholic Medical Association to take on the task of assisting farmworkers. Focus groups were organized to explore the needs and they discovered the barriers to health care in Wimauma were time, cost and transportation.”
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by Gina G. La Prova, MD The American Medical Association defines medical necessity as a concept that describes the need for health care services that are justified. These services must meet accepted standards of medicine and be supported by scientific evidence. Medical necessity is determined by: The most notable definition for medical necessity is “a…
By Dr. Giuseppe Grande In 2024, the Unit of Andrology and Reproductive Medicine of the Department of Medicine at the University of Padova, Italy held its first international high level training course on Reparative Medicine for Male Reproductive Health. The course trained several physicians from different countries in the diagnosis and treatment of male factor…