New Orleans clippings - Filed under 'medical'

March 2, 2010

New Orleans Company Testing Anti-smoking Shots | WWL - AM870

Medical researchers continue trying to make quitting smoking easier than ever. The latest is an injection, kind of like an anti-smoking vaccine, being tested by a New Orleans company.

New Orleans doctors bring their knowledge gained from Katrina to hard-hit Haiti | NOLA.com

As difficult as it may be for some New Orleanians and their neighbors to conceive, the medical director at Ochsner Medical Ochsner-West Bank said, the post-storm landscape of the U.S. Gulf Coast pales in comparison with the total devastation in the Haitian capital city of Port-au-Prince and the surrounding region.

Bourbon Street Can Wait. First, The Posters | Science News

It was late Saturday afternoon and it had already been a long day for people attending the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). But before the hoards of well-behaved medical researchers ventured out into the lively streets of New Orleans, they flooded en masse into the poster hall.

Free Health Clinic in New Orleans - Uninsured People Register | Reuters

About 400 doctors and other medical providers and 700 other volunteers are expected to participate in the C.A.R.E. (Communities Are Responding Everyday) Clinic at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center sponsored by the National Association of Free Clinics (NAFC). They will provide care for all types of medical issues at no cost to participants or taxpayers from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.

ARTDOCS provides healthcare to artists in New Orleans

ARTDOCS provides healthcare services to full-time artists in the New Orleans area who are uninsured or under-insured and whose income falls below 2 times the 2009 federal poverty level of $10,830. This means any uninsured artist in New Orleans currently making under $21,660 now qualifies for the program. ARTDOCS will cover the costs of office visits with a family physician, including associated lab fees.

Legal Woes for New Orleans In Vitro Clinic | CBS Evening News

Ochsner admits some embryos frozen for later use were mislabeled - or are missing - in its in vitro fertilization center.

In New Orleans, Ochsner Hospital's admitted mishandling of frozen embryos could be costly to more than its reputation. Lawyers are circling, for as many as 100 affected patients, reports CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann.

Ochsner Health System of New Orleans Goes Live with DocuSys` Anesthesia and Drug Management Technology | Reuters

Ochsner Health System of New Orleans went live on the DocuSys Anesthesia Information Management and Anesthesia Drug Management system in 41 anesthetizing locations at Ochsner Medical Center and the Ochsner-Merrill Hines Surgery Center. Ochsner is one of the largest non-university based physician training centers in the nation that has received the Consumer Choice for Healthcare in New Orleans for 13 consecutive years, and has been ranked a "Best" Hospital by U.S. News and World Report.

Questions surround medical education future in New Orleans | wwltv.com

...students are moving forward at a time when plenty of questions surround the future of medical education in New Orleans. Charity Hospital still sits dormant, and LSU's interim hospital continues carrying the load nearly four years after Hurricane Katrina. This, while plans to build a $1.2 billion replacement hospital, part of a new medical corridor, are up in the air...

New Orleans : 2 major medical conventions | WXVT.com |

The New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau said Wednesday that the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and the American Academy of Ophthalmology will bring major conventions to the city in 2013 and 2017.

New Orleans prepares for a southern bio-boom | WWL - AM870

A delegation from New Orleans is in Atlanta today as part of an effort to lay the groundwork for the expected future boom in the biotechnology industry in southern cities. The scientists, researchers and economic development leaders are attending the 2009 Bio International Convention.

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