Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) January 7, 2008 — It was once a rarity in this country to find women in medical schools seeking to become physicians, and it was even more unusual to find women who actually practiced medicine after their medical-school training. Now the landscape appears to have changed dramatically. More than 50 percent of college students are female, as are almost 50 percent of the students entering medical school. While such changes have allowed the medical field to progress and become more inclusive in regards to gender, ethnicity, and culture, there are still inequities. Medical schools and workplaces are only now beginning to look at what is needed to address these inequities and bring about systematic changes to support the changing demographics of the doctors of the future. continue reading...

WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 19 /PRNewswire/ — Millennium Research Group forecasts that growing demand for private health care in India will drive demand for more advanced diagnostic imaging equipment. As a result, the market will experience rapid growth, reaching a value of over $436 million by 2012, according to Millennium Research Group’s Indian Markets for Diagnostic Imaging Systems 2008.

The Indian private health care industry is booming, boasting many modern hospitals and highly skilled physicians. Private health care, which composes over 80% of overall health care spending, is no longer only the domain of India’s wealthy elite. Because the quality of public health care in India has deteriorated due to significant underfunding, the rising middle class have been forced to turn to private institutions rather than use the substandard public medical services provided by the government. continue reading...