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What is Nexplanon?

Looking for a new method of birth control? HealthNet Certified Nurse Midwife, Patti Bodie explains Nexplanon, a small flexible birth control implant providing up to 3 years of continuous pregnancy prevention. Formally known as Implanon, Nexplanon is the “next” updated version of Implanon that releases a progestin hormone call Etonogestrel. How long is Nexplanon effective? [...]

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Our Office as a Second Home

Post by Varon Cantrell, M.D., and Team Cantrell When I think about how I can best make a contribution to society, I start by first looking in the mirror and then I immediately turn to the 5 most important people in my life; my wife and four children.  The six of us together living in a house, [...]

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Hopes & Dreams for Indy Communities

Forty-four years ago, a group of Southwest side residents in Indianapolis had a GREAT idea. They would organize to bring about something that hadn’t been done before in their neighborhood: the availability of affordable, quality health care for people who needed it, but didn’t have access to it. To reach their dream, they tirelessly hosted endless fundraiser rummage [...]

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