Mark Twain Medical Center To Host Human Trafficking Awareness Training
Posted by: thepinetree on 04/05/2017 10:08 AM
San Andreas, CA...Mark Twain Medical Center To Host Human Trafficking Awareness Training Course in April.
Low Vision Workshop: Solutions For Living With Vision Loss
Posted by: News_Desk on 04/05/2017 10:33 AM
Sutter Creek, CA...Changes in our vision as we age are a natural part of life. In fact, three of the leading causes of vision loss, macular degeneration, glaucoma and cataracts, typically occur in people over the age of 55. If you are experiencing changes in or a loss in your vision, the Senior IMPACT Project can help.
Mark Twain Medical Center Foundation Volunteers To Host Spring Fling Bazaar On April 11
Posted by: thepinetree on 04/05/2017 06:00 PM
San Andreas, CA...The public is welcome to attend the Spring Fling Bazaar on Tuesday, April 11 from 8 am to 2 pm at Mark Twain Medical Center (MTMC), 768 Mountain Ranch Road, San Andreas. Available for purchase will be handmade items including Easter baskets, Easter wreaths, floral arrangements and a variety of crafts and baked goods. Hosted by the MTMC Foundation Volunteers, the Spring Fling is a fundraiser to support their Scholarship Program for students embarking on a career in healthcare.
Sonora, CA...Sonora Regional Medical Center is offering the American Lung Association’s Freedom From Smoking® course beginning April 18. Classes will meet at Pulmonary Rehabilitation, located at 19747 Greenley Road, each Tuesday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. for seven weeks.
Physician Appointment Wait Times Up Nationwide – 30 percent increase from 2014
Posted by: thepinetree on 04/03/2017 07:39 AM
Sonora, CA...A new survey released this month by Merritt Hawkins, a national physician search firm, has found a 30 percent increase from 2014 to 2017 in the average wait time to schedule a new patient physician appointment in 15 of the largest cities in the nation. “Physician appointment wait times are the longest they have been since we began conducting the survey,” said Mark Smith, president of Merritt Hawkins. “Growing physician appointment wait times are a significant indicator that the nation is experiencing a shortage of physicians.”
San Andreas, CA...Free Senior Planning Workshop Coming Up In May
Local Patients Embrace Personal Touch At MTMC Cancer Center
Posted by: News_Desk on 03/27/2017 10:53 AM
San Andreas, CA...Compassionate care in a friendly, convenient setting draws an ever-increasing number of patients to the
Cancer Center at Mark Twain Medical Center in San Andreas. “We treat our patients like family,” says Center Director Dr. Shiva Singhal, MD, MPH. “We provide the same high quality care here close to home as you would expect to find in a large city – but we connect with patients and their families in a more personal way.”
Welcoming Lisa Andrews, Nurse Practitioner To Cedarwood Internal Medicine
Posted by: News_Desk on 03/27/2017 02:57 PM
Sonora, CA...Sonora Regional Medical Center is pleased to welcome Lisa Andrews, NP, to Cedarwood Internal Medicine where she has joined Fred Shield, MD, to provide primary care for adolescents and adults.
Worcester Polytechnic Team Grows Heart Tissue on Spinach Leaves
Posted by: thepinetree on 03/25/2017 05:45 PM
Worcester, MA...Researchers face a fundamental challenge as they seek to scale up human tissue regeneration from small lab samples to full-size tissues, bones, even whole organs to implant in people to treat disease or traumatic injuries: how to establish a vascular system that delivers blood deep into the developing tissue. Current bioengineering techniques, including 3-D printing, can’t fabricate the branching network of blood vessels down to the capillary scale that are required to deliver the oxygen, nutrients, and essential molecules required for proper tissue growth. To solve this problem, a multidisciplinary research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Arkansas State University-Jonesboro have successfully turned to plants. They report their initial findings in the paper “Crossing kingdoms: Using decelluralized plants as perfusable tissue engineering scaffolds” published online in advance of the May 2017 issue of the journal Biomaterials. “
