News For: Unicare Major MedicalMedical center gets patients ready for potential disaster With a hurricane churning in the Gulf of Mexico inching closer to the Texas coast line, Tomball and Magnolia residents are not the only people preparing for what could be a major storm. Tomball Regional Medical Center must also be ready to provide emergency services and protect its patients during potential disasters. Major accident backs up I-35 Traffic on Interstate 35 north is backed up for at least three miles as police investigate an accident that occurred around George C. Beach Avenue, near Brooke Army Medical Center on the Northeast Side. LED Medical Diagnostics Receives Award for Innovation and Promise LED Medical Diagnostics, whose LED Dental subsidiary manufactures the VELscope Oral Cancer Screening System, was named a recipient of the Red Herring Canada 50 Awards acknowledging the most innovative and promising companies in Canada. Forum on medical school Have you ever wondered what it takes to get into medical school? How would you apply? What classes and tests should you take in high school or college? Medical calendar Blood drives BLOOD DRIVES: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 17 and 18 in the blood donor room of the Mercy Medical Building, 851 E. Fifth St., Washington, Mo. Walk-ins welcome. Donors will receive a T-shirt. Medical pot patient convicted of growing marijuana Despite having a doctor's authorization for medical marijuana under state law, a Kitsap County man has been convicted of growing pot. Tangiers International Expands Regional Medical Coverage to Baghdad, Iraq Tangiers International Ltd., a global provider of Insurance Support Services, announces the opening of Medical Support Services and facilities in Baghdad, Iraq for contractors covered under the Defense Base Act. Medical shelter will close The special medical shelter for people needing to recharge ventilators, wheelchairs and other equipment will close at noon today. Sunrise-based medical firm Pediatrix widens focus, changes name Pediatrix Medical Group, the largest publicly traded healthcare company based in South Florida, is changing its name to Mednax, to reflect its broadening to physician services beyond pediatric specialties. Kaiser benefits seen as more than medical City and county officials say there are two ways of looking at the Kaiser Modesto Medical Center. |


