MediaSyndicate Sponsors: America's Dumbest Doctors: Ever Wonder about Yours?

The National Practitioner Data Bank has records on 237,000 Physicians considered either "Dangerous" or "Questionable" by the Health Research Group.

If those numbers don't frighten you, they should.
Posted by  PatricParamedic  on  Friday, October 30, 2009

Deccan Healthcare raises Rs 15 crore from Nexus Venture Partners

Mumbai, October 26, 2009: Deccan Healthcare, an innovative products company in the Indian health and wellness market, today announced that it has received a Rs 15 crore investment from Nexus Venture Partners, India’s leading Venture Capital firm.
Posted by  Imberpr  on  Tuesday, October 27, 2009

MediaSyndicate Sponsors: Cygnus Inc. receives prestigious design award

At the Symposium Distinction Awards, sponsored by Facility Care Magazine and the Healthcare Facilities Symposium, the Most Innovative Product award went to Cygnus for its newest wall mounted EMR workstation.
Posted by  cygnus_emr  on  Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Prestige Kicks Off Its Education and Empowerment Series on Wednesday October 7th

Prestige Assisted Living at Green Valley, is proud to host nationally and internationally known writer and teacher, David Troxel, MPH. David will conclude a 5 week education and empowerment lecture series geared towards informing seniors on a wide array of senior-specific topics.
Posted by  wysetech  on  Thursday, October 01, 2009

MediaSyndicate Sponsors: New “All Natural” Allergy Medicine gets “The Green Light” from M.D.’s

A second-generation all-natural product - Sinol-M, whose main ingredient is capsaicin derived from the pepper plant, safely and effectively relieves stubborn nasal allergies, according to results of a controlled clinical study.
Posted by  pcarp11  on  Sunday, September 27, 2009

MUMC Surgeon in Savannah Removes Spleen Using Advanced SILS Technique

A surgeon at Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in Savannah, Georgia has performed the region’s first “scarless” splenectomy (spleen removal). Surgeon Christopher Senkowski, M.D., removed a patient’s spleen through an advanced technique known as Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS). Only a handful of surgeons worldwide are able to perform complex spleen removal with SILS.
Posted by  notrimi1  on  Wednesday, August 05, 2009

MUMC Names Mary Chatman Chief Nursing Officer

Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) today announced the appointment of Mary Chatman, MSN, R.N., as its new chief nursing officer (CNO). She will officially start work on August 3.
Posted by  notrimi1  on  Friday, June 26, 2009

MediaSyndicate Sponsors: Lloydspharmacy reveals hayfever misery to hit one in two people by 2060

Lloydspharmacy has revealed that the UK's hayfever time bomb is to explode in the coming years
Posted by  PR-Sending  on  Sunday, June 14, 2009

Savannah’s Memorial Health Earns National Patient Safety Award

For the second year in a row, Memorial Health received the Patient Safety Excellence Award from HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization.
Receiving the award for two straight years places Memorial in an elite group of only 160 hospitals nationwide. According to HealthGrades, Memorial ranks among the top 5 percent nationally for patient safety. Memorial is the only Savannah-area hospital to earn the recognition.
“Patient safety is a top priority at Memorial. We are proud that we can offer our patients one of the safety hospitals in the nation,” said Marty Scott, M.D., MBA vice president for quality and patient safety at Memorial.

Posted by  notrimi1  on  Tuesday, May 12, 2009

MediaSyndicate Sponsors: PruHealth reveals stressed lifestyles increasing during recession

PruHealth research shows that the nation appears to be stuck in a downward spiral of unhealthy lifestyles as stressed Britons look to save time and money by cutting back on exercise and healthy foods.
Posted by  PR-Sending  on  Wednesday, May 06, 2009