Hospital operator
Health Management Associates Inc.
said Monday its profit climbed 17 percent in the fourth quarter, aided by a large gain from early debt retirement.
The company reported net income of $14.5 million, or 6 cents per share. That compares with $12.5 million, or 5 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding one-time items, Health Management Associates
) said it earned 7 cents per share from continuing operations. Revenue grew 3 Read the rest of this entry »

Military planners have spent years working on proposals for expanded runways
and housing at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, where the relocation of units
from other parts of Japan is expected to nearly double the base population by
2014.
Now, Navy health officials are taking on a different strategic task: Where
will all the babies be born?
Currently, pregnant women at Iwakuni have two choices. They ride a train four
hours north to Read the rest of this entry »

Yet after several boom years for veterans, there are just barely enough services to care for their needs. And trouble is brewing.
“I anticipate we are going to have difficult times,” said James A. Adkins, Maryland’s secretary of veterans affairs.
At first caught unprepared, federal and state veterans departments have responded in recent years with a smorgasbord of new and expanded programs for tuition assistance and financial aid, employment counseling, Read the rest of this entry »

“It’s a very visible sign of what this organization has become.”
The hospital, which will open to patients next week, will conduct a community open house, with tours, free health screenings, refreshments and giveaways, including two free
tickets, on Jan. 11 from 1 to 4 p.m. It will open to patients the next day.
The new eight-story tower, which adjoins the current facility, will allow for expanded capacity for the hospital’s most critically Read the rest of this entry »

Gyms the size of nightclubs. Rows of treadmills equipped with their own television sets. Twenty-four-hour service. Pizza nights.
Say hello to the new face of fitness in the Berkshires, where health clubs operated by three national chains recently opened in a market that traditionally has been serviced by locally owned facilities.
Butterfly Life, a women’s-only chain of health clubs based in California, opened its first Massachusetts franchise, Read the rest of this entry »

10:17 PM CST on Thursday, December 25, 2008
Medical malpractice reform enacted five years ago succeeded in cutting the number of lawsuits against doctors and increasing the number of physicians working in Texas.
But state medical board investigators say it also left them with an unbearable workload.
At the time, the Texas Medical Board was appropriated additional funding and staff to meet the increased need to settle Read the rest of this entry »

Top 10 Health Information Sites by Unique Visitors
July 2008 vs. July 2007
Total U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore Media Metrix

Total Unique Visitors (000)
Jul-2007 Jul-2008 % Change

Total Internet: Total Audience 180,078 189,134 5
Health – Information 56,865 69,008 Read the rest of this entry »

Yet after several boom years for veterans, there are just barely enough services to care for their needs. And trouble is brewing.
“I anticipate we are going to have difficult times,” said James A. Adkins, Maryland’s secretary of veterans affairs.
At first caught unprepared, federal and state veterans departments have responded in recent years with a smorgasbord of new and expanded programs for tuition assistance and financial aid, employment counseling, Read the rest of this entry »

A doctor in Colorado found a surprise when removing what he thought was a benign growth from a newborn’s brain. Instead of a microscopic tumor, out popped a tiny foot, partially formed hand, a thigh and another partially formed foot.
“It would be a shock to even the most experienced pathologist cutting into a tumor to see this,” Dr. Paul Grabb told the ABC affiliate KMGH.
Grabb said he could not tell whether the miniature limbs were from a benign Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on: Sunday, 21 December 2008, 16:20 CST
Since the start of the recession last year, several states have seen a rise in the Medicaid rolls as tax revenues are decreasing under their initial projections.
Governors have petitioned President-elect Barack Obama and Congress to aid them in weathering the downturn by raising the federal government’s part of Medicaid expenses for a minimum of two years.
The governors announced that the additional Read the rest of this entry »