News For: Pacific KareVN seeks closer health ties with Western Pacific nations HA NOI ��� Viet Nam will increase co-operation with other countries in the Pacific region to address its own healthcare-related issues such as overcrowding in hospitals, financial resources for the health sector, health insurance, and food hygiene and safety. OHSU Announces First Clinical Use in the Pacific Northwest of Novalis Tx(TM) Technology for Non-Invasive, Image-Guided ... Doctors at the Oregon Health & Science University have become the first clinicians in the Pacific Northwest to offer patients an advanced form of image-guided stereotactic body radiation therapy and radiosurgery using new Novalis Tx technology from Varian Medical Systems and BrainLAB. Thursday's Sports Digest OXFORD ��� Miami University junior back Katie Brightwell was named Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Week for field hockey. She scored Miami's second goal against Pacific on Sunday, Sept. 21 and assured overtime by making a defensive save in the second half. 11:15 a.m. ��� Volunteers needed for study on diabetes and kidney disease 11:15 a.m. ��� A medical study group needs volunteers to help them find the genetic causes of diabetes and kidney disease. The National Institute of Health and the Micronesian Institute of Prevention and Research hope to test 70,000 Pacific Islanders and Filipinos in the next two years. Teamsters picket Washington-based trucking company AUBURN , Wash. ��� Picketers are carrying Teamsters strike signs outside Oak Harbor Freight operations in the Pacific Northwest. Workers walked out Monday night after the union and company failed to reach agreement on medical benefits. South Korean Shin Young-Soo chosen new WHO Western Pacific chief Manila - South Korean medical professor Shin Young-Soo was nominated Monday to become the next regional director of the World Health Organization WHO for Asia and the Pacific. The 64-year-old Shin bested two other nominees from Tonga and Malaysia d... Oh announces plan to step down as Hawks' manager FUKUOKA ��� Fukuoka Softbank Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh said Tuesday he will leave his post for health reasons after 14 seasons at the helm of the Pacific League club. Oh, 68, the all-time home run king in Nippon Professional Baseball, has decided to bring an end to his long, illustrious career as a player and manager two years after being diagnosed with cancer and having had his stomach removed. ... |

