11/29/2008 News For: Afordable Health Care For FamilyAetna Stresses the Importance of Sharing Family Health Information to Help Physicians Personalize Medical Care HARTFORD, Conn.----Throughout this holiday season and into the new year, Aetna is encouraging its employees and health plan members to learn about their family���s medical history and share this information with their physicians. Up, up and away: Health care premiums rising It's that time of year again. Time to find out how much your health insurance premiums will rise. Not if they're rising, but rather how much more you and your employer will pay next year, because at this point, some increase is almost a given. "If we were back in the Roman days I would have been killed years ago because they always sacrificed the messenger," joked Jim Elrod, president of the ... World Medical Association supports mercury phase-out in health care Manila - Health Care Without Harm HCWH-Southeast Asia commends the World Medical Association WMA for unanimously passing a resolution calling for the phase-out of mercury in health care and urges health professional organizations in the Southeast Asian region to follow suit. Health centers need, offer help Community Health Centers, Inc. is wishing for cash, children's books -- and a new parking lot. The health centers help provide medical care to the uninsured and others. Many continue to rely on ERs The vast majority of Bay State residents have health insurance and a primary-care physician, but many are still relying on hospital emergency rooms for care that could have been handled less expensively by their family doctors, according to a new survey. Trinity opens new care units STEUBENVILLE - Officials at Trinity Health System announced the opening of two new patient care units at Trinity Medical Center West. Located on the second and third floors of the new tower building, the unit boasts a new patient care delivery system. UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News Doctors debate new cancer treatment... Northwestern U. opens obesity clinic... Gene flap delays babies' epilepsy care... EU says drug firms blocked generics... Health/Science news from UPI. Johnson opens first GP health centre Health Secretary Alan Johnson today opened the first GP health centre in England which will help people access medical care when they need it. Johnson opens GP health centre Health Secretary Alan Johnson opened the first GP health centre in England which will help people access medical care when they need it. The Minister met staff and patients at the Hillside Bridge Health Care Centre, in Bradford, West Yorkshire and toured the facilities. Obama to boost genetic role in health care WASHINGTON -- For years, scientists have held out hope that the rapidly evolving field of genetics could transform medical diagnosis and treatment, moving beyond a trial-and-error approach as old as the Hippocratic Oath. |

