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Ambulatory care facilities can handle broken bones, sprains, muscle injuries, rashes, flu, or any number of other non-life threatening conditions. This page on the definition of urgent care from the National Association for Ambulatory urgent Care highlights the usefullness of urgent care medicine as a vital part of our national healthcare system.

Tulane health center gets grants (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

Tulane University's Health Sciences Center has received three federal grants totaling nearly $5 million for construction and research. A $1.25 million gift from the Economic Development Administration will help Tulane build its BioInnovation Center.

Iran, Cuba to boost scientific, health cooperation (Islamic Republic News Agency)

Iran - Cuba - Cooperation Iran's Ambassador to Havana Ahmad Edrissian and Cuban Minister of Public Health Jose Ramon Balaguer Friday in Havana stressed the significance of bolstering scientific, research and health cooperation between the two states.

Health Highlights: June 9, 2006 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:

Health expo for black women (Miami Herald)

Miami native and Orlando-based dietitian Roniece Weaver is on a mission -- to educate black women about staying healthy -- and is bringing a traveling health and lifestyle expo on fitness to South Florida today.

Health care drives governor's race (The Monterey County Herald)

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides on Friday promised to provide health care for all of California's children, if elected, by closing corporate tax loopholes and tax breaks given to those who earn more than $500,000.

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