SAN FRANCISCO, CA and CHICAGO, IL, Oct 20, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) –
Canopy Financial, a pioneer in innovative healthcare banking
technology solutions that connect healthcare and financial services,
announced today the results of its Health Savings Account (HSA)
Market Report for Q2′08. Canopy, whose industry leading
HealthDirect(R) and CareGain(R) platforms serve as the core
consumer-directed healthcare account management and administration
backend Read the rest of this entry »

WHITE PLAINS – A Connecticut doctor accused of having sexually explicit online conversations with an undercover investigator posing as an underage boy has agreed not to practice medicine in New York state.
According to the state Health Department, Dr. Clifford Berken agreed yesterday not to practice in New York “or any other jurisdiction where the practice of medicine is predicated on his New York State medical license.” The agreement goes into Read the rest of this entry »

Here are some of the latest health and medical news
developments, compiled by editors of
Pfizer Inc., the world's largest pharmaceutical company, has
announced an agreement to buy one of its rivals, Wyeth, for $68
billion, the
reports.
Wyeth's biggest over-the-counter seller is the pain
medication Advil (ibuprofen), which is the largest OTC ibuprofen
brand sold in America. Its prescription drugs include the
anti-depressant Effexor, acid Read the rest of this entry »

Community Hospital of Long Beach’s monthly Women’s Health Series lecture on Wednesday will examine “Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: What Causes It?”
Dr. Kay May Kwok, OB/GYN, will explore the causes of abnormal bleeding, how it is evaluated and various treatment strategies that may be recommended.
The session runs from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Community Hospital of Long Beach Auditorium, 1720 Termino Ave.
Free parking is available.
Reservations are Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, scientists have held out hope that the rapidly evolving field of genetics could transform medical diagnosis and treatment, moving beyond a trial-and-error approach as old as the Hippocratic Oath.
But the vision of individualized treatment based on a patient’s genetic makeup and other biological markers has yet to materialize, even if better use of genetic information has led to advances in cancer care and other Read the rest of this entry »

Led by Dwyane Wade and the energetic Goldfish character Xtreme, Goldfish
Games will help kids get active in multiple engaging and fun ways. To
participate in Goldfish Games, kids can visit
and link to the Goldfish Games section of the Web site. There is
the Weekly Challenge in which users take the Goldfish Games
Pledge to get active and play the weekly activity suggested by Wade and
Xtreme. The site also features Read the rest of this entry »

By BARRY HALVORSON news@leader-news.com
Looking to speed up the law enforcement investigative process and be able to let a family know the cause of death in a more efficient time frame, Wharton County Commissioners approved switching its interlocal agreement for medical examiner service from Galveston to Travis County.
“We switched from Harris to Galveston county because it was taking so long to get results back,” Wharton County Judge John Murrile Read the rest of this entry »

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TRACY — Ten additional women have come forward as possible victims of a Tracy cosmetic surgeon who is being accused of inappropriately touching several of his female patients while they were unconscious, police said Thursday morning.
Peter Chi, 46, of Livermore, medical director of the Beauty Renewed Laser Skin Center, 1770 N. Tracy Blvd., was charged Wednesday afternoon with molesting at least eight patients from September 2007 to December Read the rest of this entry »

OTTAWA, Feb. 6 /CNW/ – Champlain Local Health Integration Network (LHIN)
will be hosting a technical briefing on the Ontario government’s plan to
improve access to family health care and emergency room performance and new
initiatives.
Participating in the technical briefing will be Dr. Louise
McNaughton-Filion, Champlain LHIN Emergency Department (ED) LHIN Lead; Sheila
Bauer, Executive Director of the Champlain Community Care Access Centre
(CCAC); Read the rest of this entry »