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Twin Cities union starts program to combat suicide, drug addiction among construction workers
Twin Cities union starts program to combat suicide, drug addiction among construction workers

Twin Cities union starts program to combat suicide, drug addiction among construction workers

A Twin Cities painters union is taking on mental health with a program new to Minnesota that provides onsite counseling and intervention training for construction workers. The goal is to tackle the high rates of suicide and substance abuse in the construction industry head on and to make it much easier to access help without any stigma, organizers said. The “FTIUM Care Team” program was launched this month by the 3,500-member International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council…

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To combat diabetes, treat obesity like other diseases
To combat diabetes, treat obesity like other diseases

To combat diabetes, treat obesity like other diseases

Obesity is generally involved in the litany of serious ailments that plague 6 in 10 People in america — other than by Medicare, which at this time refuses to include treatment method for obesity until finally it results in significant health troubles like diabetes or heart ailment. The growing selection of People in america with weight problems is serving to travel the persistent sickness crisis in the U.S. and deepening current wellbeing inequities. The government’s failure to identify and treat…

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