| Search 1) News For: Mutual Medical Hospital chain to purchase Rockdale Medical A Tennessee-based hospital chain has agreed to purchase Rockdale Medical Center for $80 million. LifePoint Hospitals Inc. also will invest $30 million in new capital in the Conyers hospital over the next six years as part of the agreement. The 138-bed Rockdale Medical has looked for a buyer since 2006. A deal with another company, Signature Hospital Corp., fell through this summer. Computer modeling aids medical research HOUGHTON, Mich., Sept. 17 UPI -- U.S. scientists are combining agent-based computer modeling and the use of graphic processing units to provide a powerful new tool for medical researchers. ProAssurance has $35M exposure to 'headline' firms BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Medical liability insurer ProAssurance said Wednesday it had roughly $34.6 million in exposure through its ownership of stock and debt in Lehman Brothers, AIG, Washington Mutual, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Search 2) News For: Mutual Medical Rep. Stark Introduces Bill To Create Electronic Medical Records System, Strengthen Privacy Rep. Pete Stark D-Calif., chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, introduced a bill Monday that aims to create a national system of electronic medical records that would use Medicare reimbursement to encourage hospitals and physicians to adopt new technologies, CongressDaily reports. Verdict reserved on medical negligence victim's plea The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on appeals challenging the national consumer commission's order awarding a compensation of Rs.1.5 million to an Infosys engineer, a medical negligence victim who was paralysed below the waist. Heart to Heart Sends Mobile Medical Unit to Ike Victims More help is on the way from the metro for victims of Hurricane Ike. Wednesday, Heart to Heart International left Olathe with a mobile medical unit. As thousands of victims try to rebuild their lives after Hurricane Ike, health care providers in Houston are operating in overload. While there are several relief agencies on-site already, no one has been providing heath care until now. Medical device ads criticized on Capitol Hill Wed, Sep 17, 2008 11:15 a.m. Medical experts told lawmakers Wednesday that new television advertisements for medical devices pose even greater risks to patients than ads for drugs, which have been scrutinized for years. Search 3) News For: Mutual Medical Organic growers hope to bag new federal medical marijuana contract Organic growers from Vancouver Island hope to bag the new federal contract to grow and distribute medical marijuana across Canada with the promise of supplying better, cheaper and different varieties of weed. Police return medical marijuana to Calif. man Associated Press - September 17, 2008 3:23 PM ET HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - A medical marijuana user has his pot back, nearly three years after police in Huntington Beach, Calif., seized... 'Excited delirium,' not Taser, was cause of N.S. man's death: medical examiner Nova Scotia's chief medical examiner has ruled as accidental the death of a man who had been shocked with a Taser while in custody. |


