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Remote Area Medical Clinics

Doctors' free clinic in Jamaica plan on track

Queens Chronicle -
Due to the lack of hospitals and healthcare in his district, Assemblyman Bill Scarborough (D-Jamaica) introduced a bill a year ago to bring Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps, a nonprofit Tennessee-based group, to the borough to set up a free clinic ...

Medical volunteers busy in free clinic at Chilhowee Park

Knoxville News Sentinel -
By John Shearer Dr. Shelia Fuller, left, checks the eyes of Genise Knight during a Remote Area Medical clinic at Chilhowee Park on Saturday, February 4, 2012.

Bristol Remote Area Medical clinic to be announced today

TriCities.com -
A Remote Area Medical Clinic will be held April 14-15 at Bristol Motor Speedway, marking the second time in three years that a RAM event will be held at the race facility, according to Tri-Cities RAM officials.

Nonprofits Helping Education, Health Care and Sustainability Benefited From ...

MarketWatch (press release) -
Today, the Remote Area Medical (RAM) clinic, an initiative of the University of Virginia, continues to provide free primary and specialty care, such as mammography and colon cancer screening and referrals, through telemedicine links -- thanks to ...

Pam Strickland: Gloria Ray's misrule over KTSC fiefdom

Knoxville News Sentinel -
... Randy Neal posted at knoxviews.com that KTSC claimed credit for thousands of dollars allegedly spent by poor people seeking medical care and health care volunteers here to help when Remote Area Medical held a free clinic in town in January 2009.

Tri-Cities to host second Remote Area Medical Clinic

Elizabethton Star -
By Staff Reports BRISTOL - In an effort to meet the needs of thousands of medically underserved patients, Tri-Cities organizers are preparing to host the region's second Remote Area Medical Clinic. Tri-Cities RAM will take place this year on April 14 ...

Nonprofits Helping Education, Health Care and Sustainability Benefited From ...

3BL Media (press release) -
Today, the Remote Area Medical (RAM) clinic, an initiative of the University of Virginia, continues to provide free primary and specialty care, such as mammography and colon cancer screening and referrals, through telemedicine links - thanks to support ...

Carilion Clinic to move Lifeguard 10 to Smith Mountain Lake

WDBJ7 -
It's great news for the folks who live near Smith Mountain Lake as well as folks in more remote areas of surrounding counties.

Helpers in a hostile world: the risk of aid work grows

Christian Science Monitor -
They know the risks of crossing oceans or pressing through to remote areas to build tent cities, run feeding stations, or treat the sick in what are by definition the most dangerous and least hospitable corners of the planet.

The Kimberley trials online patient details

ABC Online -
In the middle of the night, in a remote bush community in the Kimberley, a patient has been rushed into the local health clinic in a critical condition. The nearest doctor is two hour's drive away; the on-call nurse is in desperate need of guidance.

'An unexpected piece of heaven'

Mail & Guardian Online -
In poor, remote areas the reasons for failing to fetch ARVs can be many, including being unable to afford transport to the clinic, caring for and being unable to leave a sick relative, feeling ill oneself, or simply not understanding from where or at ...

Special Forces lend a hand

Clarksville Leaf Chronicle -
The soldiers of 5th Special Forces Group have sunk wells, built schools and clinics and have participated in many other projects to improve the lives of people living in remote areas of the world. On Wednesday, they brought their talents closer to home ...

South Sudan's vicious mental health cycle

The Africa Report -
In rural and remote areas, people suffering from mental health problems are often pushed towards the edges of settlements, until they end up living in the bushes and forests.

Fight to help cancer patients in the bush

ABC Online -
By Imogen Brennan Cancer sufferers in remote areas are 35 per cent more likely to die within five years than patients in major cities.

UBC researchers win $100000 grants to adapt cellphones to diagnose pneumonia

The Province -
A preliminary study of 530 AIDS patients in Nairobi using the program found a marked improvement in their health: a 20 per cent reduction in their viral load.

EasyMed's CEO Update

MarketWatch (press release) -
The CEO Andrew Ritchie is pleased to update shareholders on the great progress that has been achieved in the following areas: 1. Development and introduction of our new International Medical Passport software - We achieved our target of launching this ...

Rural clinics help provide health care in Alabama

The Decatur Daily -
In Lauderdale County alone, there are six rural clinics, and a total of 10 in the three-county region that includes Colbert, Franklin and Lauderdale.

Boehner Calls HHS Contraception Mandate an 'Attack on Religious Freedom ...

ABC News (blog) -
In an uncommon floor speech today, Boehner spoke out against the Department of Health and Human Services' ruling that would require faith-based employers, including Catholic charities, schools, universities, and hospitals, but not the church itself, ...

The Future of mHealth: Can the FDA Keep Up with Mobile?

Mobiledia -
Mobisante's invention costs under $8000, an advantage for smaller clinics and medical practices unable to afford their own ultrasound machines, requiring them to send patients elsewhere for testing.

Corporate Report: Feb. 10

Gulf Coast Business Review -
The company is engaged in the medical diagnostics and health and fitness industries. It delivers medical diagnostic services on-site at participating medical clinics and physician offices and markets and distributes nutraceutical supplements through ...
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