11/30/2008 News For: Cost Of A Physical ExamLeslie A. Margolin: Promoting healthier ways of reaching consensus The president of Anthem Blue Cross of California believes 'answers lie in trying to bring people with diverse backgrounds and diverse interests together and focus on what they have in common.' The gig: President of Woodland Hills-based Anthem Blue Cross of California, the state's largest for-profit health insurer, which serves more than 8 million members. Supplemental Insurance Helps Cancer Patients - A cancer diagnosis can be the beginning of a long journey filled with stress, emotion, and often physical pain. Families struggle not only with the trauma of what is happening to their beloved, but also with the financial burden that can accompany such an illness. UTA professor launches a program to help veterans succeed in college By CHRIS VAUGHN ARLINGTON ��� Alexa Smith-Osborne spent several years taking her father ��� a veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam ��� to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., for routine medical care. As wounded troops, some of them crippled with burns and shrapnel injuries, began pouring into the hospital from Afghanistan and Iraq, Smith-Osborne was struck with a feeling of ... Trees of life Dear friend, I am thankful for the hospital. I have spent a lot of time there since I got brain cancer. The hospital has helped me to get better. ���Tree of Life��� honors past doctors and medical staff As a way to honor the lives of those doctors and staff members who saved the lives of so many, the Houston Northwest Medical Center put the ���Tree of Life��� work of art on permanent display. List of UTMB faculty laid off A list of the 127 professors, associate professors and researchers let go by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Keeping Health Coverage After a Job Loss QMy company has been laying off people, and I'm worried I may lose my job soon. If that happens, what will I be able to do about my health insurance? Yoga's 'promise' RALEIGH, N.C. - The ancient practice of yoga is increasingly finding a new following - among doctors and medical researchers who are working to prove its benefits for a variety of illnesses. Never say die, even to cancer The diagnosis: lung cancer, spread to the brain and kidneys. The treatment: radiation, chemo, brain surgery and a healthy dose of Dave Wheeler's hippie-activist brand of militant defiance. Dave Wheeler, a lawyer who lives in Moreno Valley, sent me his obituary recently. U.S. 'Not Getting What We Pay For' Talk to the chief executives of America's preeminent health-care institutions, and you might be surprised by what you hear: When it comes to medical care, the United States isn't getting its money's worth. Not even close. |

