Liberia: Liberty Party Runs to ICGL (AllAfrica.com)

The opposition Liberty Party has run to the International Contact Group on Liberia (ICGL), urging the body to institute an investigation into corruption allegation linking top Liberian government officials, including President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. More…

Urban medical schools feel weight of uninsured (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Dr. Herbert Smitherman nervously monitors the city’s fluctuating unemployment rate and sinking economy. As one of about 750 Wayne State University Medical School physicians, he looks at the deluge of job cuts in Detroit’s auto, manufacturing and other industries and sees even more people lining up for health care they can’t afford to pay. Read more…

Filmmaker Nupur Basu tells story of India’s unwanted girls (Calcutta News)

Vaijanti, a young woman from Agra, found her married life turning into a nightmare when a sex scan showed a second girl child in her womb. Her in-laws insisted she terminate the pregnancy. She left her husband’s home. Continue…

Urban medical schools feel weight of uninsured (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Dr. Herbert Smitherman nervously monitors the city’s fluctuating unemployment rate and sinking economy. As one of about 750 Wayne State University Medical School physicians, he looks at the deluge of job cuts in Detroit’s auto, manufacturing and other industries and sees even more people lining up for health care they can’t afford to pay. Continue…

Health notes (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

GET A COLONOSCOPY Colon cancer is the second deadliest cancer behind lung cancer, and a big reason is that so many people are unaware that they have it and seek treatment late. More…

Portraits of courage: Flashes of Hope links volunteer photographers with families dealing with illness (Wisconsin State Journal)

“Big smile, Riley. Excellent!” Greg Anderson coaxed smiles out of Riley Adkins, 7, about the most activity she seemed able to manage during a Flashes of Hope photography session. This part of her family’s visit to American Family Children’s Hospital July 24 was more fun than the other reason they came from Oregon to the Madison hospital: an MRI scan to verify that radiation and chemotherapy were … Full story…

Avantis names new CEO and CFO, following FDA OK for colonoscopy aid (San Francisco Business Times)

Avantis Medical Systems Inc., which has developed a tiny camera to help colonoscopies do a better job of locating potential cancers, named medical device veterans Scott Dodson as president and CEO and Larry Tannenbaum as senior vice president and CFO. (BSX) Full story…

Research and Markets: Sales of EUR 9.85 Billion for Siemens Healthcare Medical Device Company Revealed in This … (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

DUBLIN, Ireland—-Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Siemens Healthcare Medical Device Company Intelligence Report” report to their offering. Full story…

Long-distance health care (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Heralded as both time and money savers, telemonitoring and telehealth services are gaining a greater foothold in the increasingly costly health care market. Click here for more…

Local resident receives rare brain surgery (La Grange Park Suburban Life)

After undergoing rare brain surgery to remove a life-threatening aneurysm, a Riverside resident is basking in good health. Read more…

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