News For: health springs MedicalThursday�������s Health Chats to feature Chin Dr. Conway Chin, medical director of Genesis Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services will headline this week���s Health Chats online session, set for 9 a.m. Thursday. Study looks at tribal health Associated Press - September 25, 2008 1:05 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY - A medical study led by a University of Oklahoma health researcher shows that American Indians have more strokes and a... Health Ministry steps in as hospital staff leave en masse PHUKET : The Public Health Ministry has stepped in to assist Patong hospital after half its doctors and medical personnel quit due to their heavy workload. Seven of 12 physicians at the hospital have resigned so far. Patient Portal Technologies Signs 8-Year Contract With West Penn Alleghany Health System's Alle-Kiski Medical Center BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y., Sept. 23, 2008 -- Patient Portal Technologies, Inc. announced today that its TB&A Television Services subsidiary has been awarded an eight-year contract from Alle-Kiski Medical Center, part of the 5 hospital West Penn Allegheny Health System, to provide an advanced technology platform for television education and entertainment services. Minnesota poor suffer disparity in medical care, study confirms Doctors are less likely to provide proper medical care to low-income Minnesotans enrolled in state health plans than to patients with private insurance, according to a first-of-its-kind report. Obagi Medical Products to Present at the Maxim Group Growth Conference Obagi Medical Products, Inc. Nasdaq:OMPI, a leader in topical aesthetic and therapeutic skin health Grants help health dept expand dental area Dental and medical services from the Hancock County Health Department will expand with the completion of an addition to their building later this fall. Graham Named VP Of Medical Affairs Barry Graham, MD, has joined the Avera Sacred Heart Hospital administrative team as Vice President of Medical Affairs. Health Highlights: Sept. 23, 2008 Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: Medical tourism business projected to grow eightfold by 2010 The number of people in the U.S. who plan to travel abroad for medical care, where the costs for various medical and surgical procedures often are comparatively lower, is projected to increase by eight times by 2010, according to a recent study by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. |


