Healthcare Industry

With surgery increasingly able to treat smaller wounds without using complicated devices, Surgical Innovation Healthcare Co (SIH) was set up by the Pacific Healthcare Group of Companies (PHC) just for this very task. SIH recently developed a device used...

It was a kidney stone smaller than a nickel that showed Jennifer Clark how giant the disparities are in the health care industry. Clark, who lives in Fort Oglethorpe, first went to an emergency room in March for a pain in her left side that the mother...

Calhoun County gained hundreds of jobs in April, adding to the trend of workforce growth across the state. According to the Alabama Department of Labor, the county's unemployment rate decreased to 6.5 percent in April from 7.1 percent in March. The...

Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of integrated IT and Imaging solutions, recently announced the establishment of a new branch in the Kingdom, called Agfa HealthCare Saudi Arabia Company Ltd. The new company was launched during a press conference in...

Healthcare hiring didn't come through for South Florida last month. The latest jobs number show one of the largest industries in the region has shifted into a new, slower gear, with Broward and Miami-Dade showing losses in a sector that was expanding even...

Joe Gibbs' life has been full of memorable chapters. Two stints as coach of the NFL's Washington Redskins produced three Super Bowl victories. He won three titles as a team owner in what now is NASCAR's premiere Sprint Cup Series. A devout...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The state Supreme Court soon will decide whether the Attorney General's Office is allowed to hire outside attorneys to help litigate cases. The decision follows a lengthy legal battle stemming from consumer protection disputes...

Fort Madison Community Hospital is hosting a series on sleep health presented by Mike Sharp, sleep technologist in the FMCH Sleep Center. The free four-part educational series starts its one-hour sessions today and Wednesday, as well as May 21 and May 22....

WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans have opened a new line of attack on President Obama's healthcare law, charging that the administration has improperly sought help from the healthcare industry and other outside groups to implement the...

* House Republicans seek identity of companies contacted * Senate Republican calls on Sebelius to cease fund-raising By David Morgan WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - An Obama administration effort to raise private donations to help implement President...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Obama administration effort to raise private donations to help implement President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law came under fire on Monday from congressional Republicans who claim the action could violate the law. As...

L.A.'s 9th City Council District is among the poorest in the city, taking in a stretch of South Los Angeles where the median household income is less than $30,000 per year. Yet despite persistent economic woes, the district has become a hot spot for...