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Surgeon faces new job with smile
Dr. Michele Zormeier wants to change the face of the community. The facial cosmetic surgeon and hormone replacement therapist offers an array of procedures and products that she claims will make patients look better and feel better.

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:36:25 -0700

New Model May Simplify High-Dose Radiosurgery Planning
There is yet no straightforward way to determine the optimal dose level and treatment schedules for high-dose radiation therapies such as stereotactic radiation therapy, which is used to treat brain and lung cancer, or for high-dose brachytherapy for prostate and other cancers.Radiation oncologists at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and ...

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:44:23 -0700

Barbara Coombs Lee: Medical Society of New York Fights Palliative Care Information Act Despite Mounting Evidence
The ink of Governor Paterson's signature is barely dry on New York's Palliative Care Information Act (PCIA), drafted and sponsored by Compassion & Choices and...

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:02:12 -0700

Get help with health problems in Hernando County
By Phyllis Day, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 2, 2010 Countywide National Alliance on Mental Illness/NAMI Hernando: NAMI Hernando offers the following: • The Beautiful Mind Outreach Center, 10554 Spring Hill Drive (Brothers I and II Plaza), Spring Hill. Open 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays. This is a self-help rehabilitation and recreation ...

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:04:00 -0700

BSDM Tissue Device Safety Compliant
Cancer treatment systems maker BSD Medical Corp has secured a certification which establishes that its recently approved MicroThermX Microwave Ablation System for soft tissue ablation is compliant with the IEC 60601-1 safety standard.

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:12:28 -0700