11/30/2008 News For: Cost Of Physical CheckupSupplemental 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. First couple confined at SLMC for executive checkup MANILA, Philippines - Security was tightened at the St. Luke's Medical Center in Quezon City as President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo were confined there for an executive checkup. Frisco Cares Clinic may move into building of its own With the faltering economy leaving more people jobless and without health insurance for their family, the low-cost Frisco Cares Clinic may soon be able to expand their hours and help more children. 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. 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. 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. 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 ... Many lament closing of clinic Nobody carried a bullhorn or a protest sign to Aliquippa's Commonwealth Medical Center yesterday to decry its possible closure. Those sentiments were all expressed long ago, residents said. Council OKs contract for PediPlace Back on The Colony City Council agenda this week was discussion and consideration of a $5,000 contract for services with PediPlace of Lewisville, a nonprofit agency that provides medical assistance to disadvantaged children in Denton County. 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? |

