Medical Services - Local Infrastructure Needs

Medical Services attend to the healthcare needs of the city's population. In addition to traditional medical services provided by doctors, nurses, and hospitals other medical treatment options exist.

Homeopathy: Medfinds.com offers its services as a resource in the research of alternative medicine. Seattle - based founders Adam Claessens and Andrew Brandeis created Medfinds.com to provide information on topics from acupuncture to weight loss and connect users to providers of homeopathy and naturepathy in Seattle .

Rehabilitation services: Access to drug treatment or alcohol rehab resources can help people with substance problems. Many urban centers have problems with some substances such as crack cocaine, which has contributed to social problems. Alcohol, while legal, causes those addicted to it with problems in daily life. Providing its citizens with drug treatment options and information about alcohol rehab represents a positive, proactive step in substance abuse management.

Sublingual immunotherapy: Allergies abound each season - mold during the rainy season, pollen during the blooming season, and many others during the rest of the year. Allerdrops, the alternative allergy treatment , enables its users to treat the underlying causes of allergic reactions, not just the symptoms. This type of allergy drop , taken under the tongue, is suitable for use with those who do not want to subject themselves to allergy shots.

Alternative prostate cancer treatment option: Cesium-131, a prostate cancer treatment , provides concentrated radiation treatment for those who have determined that this is the right course of action with consultation from their oncologists. Cesium-131 is a type of seed brachytherapy .

Hospital: Danny Thomas founded St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which is now America's third largest health care charity . According to the hospital, no one pays for treatment beyond that which insurance covers, and those without insurance are never asked for payment. So regardless of a family's ability to pay, all patients accepted for treatment at St. Jude receive it. All communities need at least one medical facility , where doctors practice traditional medicine.