News For: Free Medical For StudentsMajor study aims for new approaches to cardiovascular disease management The Consortium for Southeastern Hypertension Control COSEHC, headquartered at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, is launching a major five-year study designed to update current guidelines for treating cardiovascular diseases, improve disease management and reduce heart attacks and strokes in the Southeast. Studies Show Strain of Medical Bills As Washington debates the best way to avert an economic meltdown, increasing numbers of Americans are struggling with another financial crisis: the growing burden of unpaid medical bills. The reach of RAM: Remote Area Medical volunteers deliver weekend of free health care to Unicoi County UNICOI – Many of Unicoi County’s uninsured were able to receive health care free of charge Saturday thanks to nearly 200 volunteers working with the Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps. Med School Tied To Suicidal Thoughts A new study shows that about half of all medical students suffer from burnout and many have depression. One in ten has suicidal thoughts. Dr. Sydney Spiesel discusses what's behind these figures. BTC students receive makeovers as learning tool A repeated on-the-job injury left Selia Cope unable to work in 2007. Cope had been a medical assistant since 1988, but her doctor said her body needed a new job. So, Cope enrolled at the Business Technology Center and will soon begin an internship doing clerical work for a local medical center -- she will still be able to use her knowledge of the medical field, but avoid further injury. Police return seized medical pot BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 23 UPI -- A University of Colorado student says school police have returned medical marijuana they seized from him in May. CMU board approves creation of medical school There's no doubt about it -- Central Michigan University will establish a medical school. Students help Homestead's PATCHES medical center Penny by penny, children attending Vacation Bible School at South Winds Christian Church learned a lot about giving back when they raised money for the PATCHES medical center in Homestead. Surgery robot hired with DeKalb Medical donation DeKalb Medical has obtained a $1.6 million surgery robot, thanks to a $3.3 million donation. Nagin reiterates call for trailer resident help NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is repeating his call that the federal government provide free medical checkups to victims of the 2005 hurricanes who lived in FEMA trailers... |


