Lesser access for babies? Nov 4, 2009
Theresa M. Horvath is vice president of mission services at St. Mary s Hospital in Henrico County, and Dougal Hewitt is senior vice president of mission at Bon Secours ... Officials at Bon Secours hospital. (Yahoo News -- Child Welfare)
Weight-loss surgery cuts cancer risk in women Jun 25, 2009
"Women are more sensitive to estrogen, so you might expect to see a major difference in estrogen-related cancers after surgical weight loss," said Dr. Neil Hutcher, the director of bariatric surgery at St. Mary's Bon Secours Hospital, in Richmond, Virginia. It's also possible that obesity-related cancers that are more common in men -- such as colon, rectal, and kidney cancers -- may simply take longer to manifest than weight-related cancers in women, according to an editorial by Dr. Andrew G.... (CNN -- Health)
Virginia Union Gets Big Gift (1:50 p.m.) Jun 20, 2009
The internship program will be established in partnership with Bon Secours Richmond Health System. It will be for students pursuing health care management-related careers. (WTVR.com, VA)
Surgeon Shortage Endangering Emergency Care (12:32 a.m.) Mar 24, 2009
Dr. George Parker, General Surgeon and Surgery Oncology for Commonwealth Surgeons at Bon Secours, says fewer medical school graduates want to be General Surgeons because most of them work more than 80 hours a week and are almost always on call. Parker says medical students nowadays would rather specialize so they can control their own hours, and also because maintaining a practice doesn't pay anymore. (WTVR.com, VA)
