10/13/2008 News For: Family Medical Coverage TexasSwedish Medical launches ?concierge medicine? unit Swedish Medical Center has jumped into concierge medicine, the practice of charging patients a monthly fee for full access to a family doctor any day and any time. Syeda Fatima, MD, joins SBL Family Medical Center MATTOON ? Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center officials announced the addition of family practice physician Syeda Fatima, MD, to its medical staff, according to a press release. She started caring for people at SBL?s Family Medical Center, Mattoon, in September. Stafford newest addition to medical roster The newest physician to join Caldwell County?s medical ranks plans to open his office to the community next week. Dr. William Stafford said his practice, Stafford Family Medicine, is set to open Thursday, Oct. 16. FIRE FUMES KILL FIVE IN FAMILY Thick smoke from a kitchen fire killed five members of a family yesterday after it blocked the only escape route from their Chelsea apartment. The only survivor - a 10-year-old boy - was fighting for his life at Jacobi Medical Center after being... Analyst says organ donors should get lifelong medical insurance SINGAPORE: On the issue of legalising non?related living organ donation, one health policy analyst has suggested providing free medical insurance for organ donors and to only allow donations from Singaporeans for a start. Advance medical directive program scheduled CRYSTAL LAKE ? The Partners Coalition for Improved End of Life Care will offer a program about advance medical directives at 7 p.m. Oct. 23 at the McHenry County Conference Center. Of primary concern Las Cruces native Erin Corriveau is a fourth-year medical student at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. She left New Mexico to earn her undergraduate degree, but when she decided to apply to medical schools, UNM was her first choice. She wanted to come home, she says, to become a doctor. And in a few years, when she has completed her residency in family and community medicine, she ... Medical debt is rising among working-age Americans The proportion of working-age Americans with medical bill problems or who are paying off medical debt climbed from 34 percent to 41 percent between 2005 and 2007, according to a comprehensive national study. Egg whites beat out space station A Texas medical school has learned to grow human cells in three dimensions ? mimicking how they would grow in a live person ? just by putting them in egg white. The cells float like a yolk. Binh Thuan suffers from shortage of medical staff BINH THUAN ? Binh Thuan Province faces a dire shortage of medical practitioners since most young doctors do not want to return to the central coastal province to work, health officials said. |


