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Health care, defense poised to weather recession (San Francisco Chronicle)
With the global economy at risk of a deep recession, many battered areas of the economy stand to suffer more damage in coming months. Other industries, though, seem poised to withstand even a severe downturn. The health care sector should hold up especially...
Health care goes beyond curing sickness: Expert (The Peninsula)
DOHA • Primary health care is the need of the day and it should ensure equality among all, according to Dr Hussein Al Gezairy (pictured), Regional Director, World Health Organization for the Mediterranean Region.
Health care, defense poised to weather recession (Lexington Herald-Leader)
With the global economy at risk of a deep recession, many battered areas of the economy stand to suffer more damage in coming months. Other industries, though, seem poised to withstand even a severe downturn. The health care sector should hold up especially well even in a recession, along with defense and a few other industries. Still, analysts say a unique collision of economic and political ...
Call to ensure health care for have-nots (The Peninsula)
Doha • A four-day international conference on primary health care opened here yesterday with a call to bridge the gap between the health "haves" and "have-nots", as put by the former head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Halfden Mahler, who was a speaker in the inaugural session.
Local doctor named 'Health Care Hero' (Tifton Gazette)
Georgia Trend Magazine recently named four Georgia physicians and one hospital administrator as the 2008 Georgia Health Care Heroes. These individuals were recognized as spending time beyond the call of duty to make health care in their communities better. Local hospital administrator Raymond Moreno, vice president of medical affairs for Tift Regional Medical Center, was among those named.
Ex-health care CEO convicted in $1.9B fraud case (AP via Yahoo! News)
A federal jury on Friday convicted the former CEO of a failed health-care financing company in a $1.9 billion fraud case that prosecutors likened to the Enron or WorldCom scandals.
Thompson named VP of rural health care (The Daily Ardmoreite)
Bob Thompson has been named vice president of rural health care development at Mercy Health System of Oklahoma.
Nobelist sees US accepting universal health care (AP via Yahoo! News)
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman believes universal health care may soon become an accepted feature of American life.
Health care fixes take back seat to economy (The Appleton Post-Crescent)
With the government implementing rescue plans for the nations financial markets, health care professionals knew issues like Medicare and expanded coverage for millions of uninsured Americans would have to wait.
Final Glance: Health Care Equipment companies (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of some top health care equipment companies were mixed at the close of trading: Becton Dickinson rose $1.16 or 1.7 percent, to $69.40.