
Palo Alto Medical Foundation Announcing a new Cancer Care program: "Healing Touch." Healing Touch is a relaxing, nurturing energy therapy, where gentle touch assists in balancing your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being. Sessions are Mondays, beginning 11/30, and are open to PAMF patients currently undergoing radiation therapy or chemotherapy treatments. There is no cost to attend this program.
Source: www.pamf.org
Healing Touch is a relaxing, nurturing energy therapy. Gentle touch assists in balancing your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being. Healing Touch works with your energy field to support your natural ability to heal. ...

Palo Alto Medical Foundation Breast cancer experts at Mills-Peninsula Health Services are urging Peninsula women and doctors to ignore a government panel's new advice to skip mammograms until age 50. They say that they detect breast cancer about once a week in patients in their 40s and want women to continue to get annual screenings starting at age 40. Read the full story...
Source: www.insidebayarea.com
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Palo Alto Medical Foundation A panel of physicians and mental health professionals will discuss teen mental health and wellness at Palo Alto High School tonight (11/19) at 7pm. The event is called "Listen, Learn and Connect: Understanding Teen Wellness and Mental Health." Dr. Meg Durbin, a PAMF Family Medicine physician and Gunn H.S. parent, will participate on the panel. See article in Palo Alto Online for more info...
Source: www.paloaltoonline.com
Palo Alto Online is the online community site for Palo Alto, CA, and includes the online version of the Palo Alto Weekly.

Palo Alto Medical Foundation The "Great American Smokeout" is now - Thursday, Nov. 19. Make it your day to quit! The American Cancer Society's "Guide to Quitting Smoking" offers lots of good support, advice and options http://ow.ly/CurD
Source: ow.ly
Quitting smoking is not easy, but it can be done. To have the best chance of quitting successfully, you need to know what you're up against, what your options are, and where to go for help.Reasons to Quit >Guide to Quitting Smoking >Plan Your Quit Day >

Palo Alto Medical Foundation Thanks to all our Facebook fans - we surpassed the 1,500 number today! It's great to be sharing information with so many PAMF patients, friends and families on Facebook each day. Thanks for being part of the conversation!

Palo Alto Medical Foundation PAMF has received a small amount of inactivated injectable H1N1 flu vaccine. We are offering this supply to pregnant women; children ages 6 months to 4 years of age with high-risk medical conditions; and parents and siblings of newborns from birth to 2 months of age. If you or your child fall into one of these three groups and want to receive the vaccine, please read on for instructions: http://www.pamf.org/h1n1/
Source: www.pamf.org
Update on H1N1 vaccine availability as of November 18, 2009. Please Note: We review our flu information daily. If we have not updated it in several days or weeks, the information has not changed. Rest ...

Palo Alto Medical Foundation Congratulations to PAMF's Dr. Paul Tang on his Award for Health Policy Contributions in Informatics. The 2009 AMIA Signature Awards recognize individuals who have performed outstanding leadership in the field of biomedical and health informatics. See AMIA news release for details on the award and Dr. Tang's dedication and expertise...
Source: www.eurekalert.org
The professional association for biomedical and health informatics, the American Medical Informatics Association, honored leading informaticians working in the country today at ceremonies that opened the Annual Symposium 2009 on Biomedical and Health Informatics. ...

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Event reminder: Lecture on depression takes place tomorrow night, 11/18, at Fremont Center. PAMF psychiatrist, Shahna Rogosin, M.D., will discuss the latest scientific information on depression and available treatment options, both medical and non-medical. Registration and info: http://www.pamf.org/classes/lectures/fre mont.cfm

Palo Alto Medical Foundation PAMF has received a small amount of inactivated injectable H1N1 flu vaccine. We are offering this supply to pregnant women who are registered PAMF patients receiving their OB care from one of our physicians. If you are pregnant and want to receive the vaccine, please read on for instructions.
Source: www.pamf.org
Update on H1N1 vaccine availability as of November 16, 2009. Please Note: We review our flu information daily. If we have not updated it in several days or weeks, the information has not changed. Rest ...

Palo Alto Medical Foundation Palo Alto Online: 'Addictive' culture causes teen substance abuse. In Palo Alto, some students taking Ecstasy, LSD and prescription drugs. PAMF Health Education Manager Becky Beacom quoted in article and participates at community forum. Full article in today's news...
Source: www.paloaltoonline.com
Palo Alto Online is the online community site for Palo Alto, CA, and includes the online version of the Palo Alto Weekly.

Palo Alto Medical Foundation Reminder: PAMF Occupational and Travel Medicine Clinic in Sunnyvale moves to a new location Mon. Nov. 16. Patients should now go to 582 S. Sunnyvale Rd. in Sunnyvale for their appointments. Phone number remains the same 408-733-4380.
Source: www.pamf.org
We Are MovingOn Monday, November 16, the Sunnyvale Occupational Medicine and Travel Clinic will begin seeing patients in our new location at:582 South Sunnyvale RdSunnyvale, CA 94086The phone number will remain the same: 408-733-4380Travel Clinic325 N. ...

Palo Alto Medical Foundation Cigarette Smoking from a Doctor's Viewpoint: PAMF urgent care physician, Terry Hollenbeck, M.D., talks about his own experience quitting smoking and offers information in today's Press Banner. "Quitting was a very difficult thing to do, but it’s the best thing I ever did for myself - and for my family and friends who love and care about me."
Source: www.pressbanner.com

Palo Alto Medical Foundation Did you know you can search for job openings online at PAMF? Learn more about career opportunites and benefits of working at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation...
Source: www.pamf.org
The Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF), an affiliate of Sutter Health, is a leader in the health care industry, and an excellent place to work.You'll be part of a dedicated group of professionals with the resources, training and expertise to provide patients with the most advanced medical care. ...

Palo Alto Medical Foundation Feeling pulled in a zillion directions? Learn more about how best to care for yourself when caring for others.
Source: mylifestages.org
Life gets complicated when everybody needs you, especially when that everybody includes an aging parent.

Palo Alto Medical Foundation Wow! Grocery store business Safeway Inc. raised $18.2 million for breast cancer research and prevention during October through customer and employee donations...
Source: sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com
Safeway raises $18.2M for breast cancer research






















