Category Archives: Health and Medicine
Breathe California
OUR MISSION As the local lung health leader, Breathe California of the Bay Area fights lung disease in all its forms and works with its communities to promote lung health. OUR VISION Healthy Lungs in a Healthy Environment TAGLINE “The … 
Positive Resource Center
http://www.positiveresource.org
Positive Resource Center remains the only place for people living with or at risk for HIV/AIDS to get comprehensive benefits counseling and employment services in San Francisco. The organization has led the service community’s response to the changes in the …
Planned Parenthood Shasta Pacific
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/shasta-pacific
Planned Parenthood Shasta Pacific (PPSP) provides over 100,000 individuals with health care and education services at more than 30 sites throughout 17 Northern California counties. We reach people through our health care services, education programs, and advocacy initiatives. PPSP provides …
Pathways – Home Health, Hospice, and Private Duty
Pathways is a community based, not-for-profit organization that provides a family of health services at home to families in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1977. Support from the community has enabled us to create a comprehensive array of health …
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
Founded in 1999 by three visionaries as a small, non-profit, 501(c)(3) patient-based advocacy organization, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network understands the many challenges that patients and their families face in the fight against pancreatic cancer. With our national headquarters in …
MySahana – South Asian Mental Health
MySahana, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing awareness about mental health, emotional health and well-being in the South Asian community, was founded by Parijat Deshpande on January 25, 2010. MySahana, meaning “my fortitude or patience” in Sanskrit, is a nonprofit …
MedShare (Surplus Medical Equipment and Supplies)
According to Healthcare Without Harm, U.S. hospitals generate more than two million tons of medical waste each year. Much of that waste is unused medical supplies and equipment. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization estimates that more than 10 million children …
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford
Welcome to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. With over 650 physicians and 4750 staff support and volunteers, Packard Children’s Hospital is a world-class, non-profit hospital devoted entirely to the care of babies, children, adolescents and expectant mothers. Because we’re an academic …
Los Medicos Voladores – “The Flying Doctors”
Los Médicos Voladores (LMV) — in Spanish, the flying doctors — is a volunteer-based nonprofit organization that aims to improve the health and well-being of geographically diverse peoples through education and the provision of no-cost, high-quality medical, dental, and optometric …
Lorenzen Cancer Foundation
Cancer Patients Alliance is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization led by a Medical Director and a five-member scientific board of highly regarded specialists in oncology from around the world. The mission of the Foundation is to promote awareness, increase education, and …
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