News For: Pregnant And Need MedicadeHospitals functioning, ready to help patients in need Patients in Houston Northwest Medical Center and Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital are in good hands, according to officials from both hospitals. In the wake of Hurricane Ike, many area residents and businesses were left without power and electriciy, not to mention the scarcity of gas and food. Inside Slant Redskins defensive end Jason Taylor was scared when his left calf was going numb on Sunday night. He had been kicked during the second quarter but with the calf placed in a sleeve, he finished the game without a problem. He tipped three passes in the second half as Washington beat Arizona 24-17. The medical staff checked him out after the game and told him to call if he had a problem. Professor and Haaretz columnist lightly hurt in suspected bomb attack by far rightists A small pipe bomb exploded on Thursday at around 1:00 A.M. outside the entrance of Israel Prize winner Professor Ze'ev Sternhell's home. Sternhell was lightly injured by the blast and taken to Shaarei Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem for medical treatment. Hospital Closes and Transfers Patients Awaiting Hurricane Ike East Houston Regional Medical Center EHRMC, a campus of Bayshore Medical Center is now closed and is on full divert status in preparation for the impending hurricane scheduled to hit the Houston Gulf Coast Area early Saturday morning. Babies need funds for surgery GEORGE TOWN: Two children at Gleneagles Medical Centre, here, urgently need funds to pay for emergency operations. Workers pay more for less health care coverage WASHINGTON – Premiums for job-based health insurance are up 5 percent in 2008 and have more than doubled since 1999, a growth rate that far outpaces inflation and the increase in workers' wages over the same period, according to an annual survey of employers. Sanders: Need help? Just ask FAIRMONT - The rising food and gas prices don't seem to affect seniors as much as they do young families, says Melody Sanders, but seniors often have more medical costs than the younger generations. In those cases, it never hurts to ask for help. Sanders, a financial assistance supervisor with Human Services of Faribault and Martin Counties, deals mainly with seniors, the blind and the disabled. Study backs effectiveness of 'virtual' colonoscopies "Virtual" colonoscopies are about as reliable as more invasive procedures for finding cancer and polyps, according to the largest study of its kind, published in last week's New England Journal of Medicine. Medicare pays questionable claims of $1B Associated Press WASHINGTON — The government paid more than $1 billion in questionable Medicare claims for medical supplies that showed little relation to a patient’s condition, including blood glucose strips for sexual impotence and special diabetic shoes for leg amputees, congressional investigators say. |


