Hi,

I wanted to share our release, announcing the opening of our new Ask-a-
Doctor Hepatitis C forum where all questions will receive a personal
answer from Dr. Douglas Dieterich from The Mount Sinai Medical Center.
The forum is located at: http://www.medhelp.org/forums/show/272.

MedHelp

The Mount Sinai Medical Center Partners With MedHelp To Answer Medical
Questions Free Of Charge

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) September 3, 2008 -- MedHelp announced today
a partnership with The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City.
Starting immediately, specialists from The Mount Sinai Medical Center
will personally questions on a variety of health topics, on the
MedHelp website. The service is provided free of charge.

This partnership brings expert physicians from The Mount Sinai Medical
Center, which ranks in 11 specialties in U.S. News's 2008 publication
of America's Best Hospitals, to MedHelp's online health community, the
largest in the world with over 5.5 million unique visitors each month.
MedHelp's site connects visitors with each other and to the best
doctors in the world to get high quality medical information and share
health-related experiences.

"We are honored to partner with such a prestigious medical institution
as The Mount Sinai Medical Center. This partnership allows us to
further expand our medical expert forums to give personal help to many
more people who come to MedHelp each month in search of answers to
their medical questions", said John de Souza, MedHelp CEO.

"Excellent medical care is the hallmark of The Mount Sinai Medical
Center and one of the keystones of medical education at Mount Sinai
School of Medicine," said Dr. Deborah Marin, Blumenthal, Professor and
Director of Physicians Access Services. "MedHelp is a great venue for
our doctors to share their expertise with people throughout the
country, as well as an international audience, who are in search of
answers to their most pressing health concerns."

The following Mount Sinai Medical Center expert physicians are
currently available on MedHelp on a daily basis:

Eric M. Genden, M.D., Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology at
The Mount Sinai Medical Center, and his associate Vivek Gurudutt, M.D.
answer Otolaryngology questions in the newly created Ear, Nose &
Throat Forum (http://www.medhelp.org/forums/show/273)

Douglas T. Dieterich, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, answers questions about Hepatitis C
in the newly created Hepatitis C Forum (http://www.medhelp.org/forums/
show/272).

Thomas D. Schiano, M.D., Professor of Liver Diseases at The Mount
Sinai Medical Center, answers Liver Transplant questions in the newly
created Liver Transplant Forum (http://www.medhelp.org/forums/show/
274).

About The Mount Sinai Medical Center
The Mount Sinai Medical Center encompasses The Mount Sinai Hospital
and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The Mount Sinai Hospital is one of
the nation's oldest, largest and most-respected voluntary hospitals.
Founded in 1852, Mount Sinai today is a 1,171-bed tertiary-care
teaching facility that is internationally acclaimed for excellence in
clinical care. Last year, nearly 50,000 people were treated at The
Mount Sinai Medical Center as inpatients, and there were nearly
450,000 outpatient visits to the Medical Center.

Mount Sinai School of Medicine is internationally recognized as a
leader in groundbreaking clinical and basic science research, as well
as having an innovative approach to medical education. With a faculty
of more than 3,400 in 38 clinical and basic science departments and
centers, Mount Sinai ranks among the top 20 medical schools in receipt
of National Institute of Health (NIH) grants.

About MedHelp
MedHelp, with over 5.5 million monthly users, is the largest online
health community site connecting people with shared medical
experiences. MedHelp provides its users with access to advice from
experts at the top medical institutions such as the Cleveland Clinic,
Johns Hopkins, National Jewish Health, Partners Healthcare, and The
Mount Sinai Medical Center. MedHelp members can access an online
archive of millions of posts across hundreds of medical conditions. In
addition, MedHelp offers personalized user accounts, information on
health topics and treatments, and an extensive set of health tools to
help users track and monitor various health conditions. For additional
information, please visit http://www.medhelp.org.