NEWS NEAR YOU Richmond Showers and thunderstorms could drop 1 to 2 inches of rain on the Richmond area today and tomorrow, the National Weather Service says. A cold front from the north has stalled over central Virginia, contributing to the rain. Some flash flooding is possible, particularly today. Skies …

JAMA. 2010;304(7):729-731. doi:10.1001/jama.2010.1062 A growing number of medical institutions and organizationsare responding to concerns about potential biases in industry-funded continuing medical education (CME) by working to limit industry sponsorship of and influence in this realm.

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TIRAT CARMEL, ISRAEL–(Marketwire – 08/17/10) – D. Medical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: DMED – News )(TASE: DMDC) (”D. Medical”), a medical device company engaged through its subsidiaries in the research, development, manufacture and sale of innovative products for diabetes treatment and drug delivery, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with UPG (Suzhou) EPZ Co. Ltd …

Cigna has become a player in the insurance industry’s lobbying on what should count as medical care under new rules governing health care spending, Kaiser Health News and McClatchy report. “The insurer has stayed in step with larger rivals such as Aetna and WellPoint in an often contentious dialogue with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners a network of state regulators that’s …

Fifty teams from Ohio’s medical industry — with more possibly on the way — will take their talents to Gateway Plaza for this year’s MedCity News Medical Cornhole Tournament at 4 p.m. Thursday. Downtown Cleveland Alliance, Cleveland Medical Mart and Convention Center, Fleishman Hillard, Perspectus Architecture, thunder::tech and Studiothink have graciously sponsored the event.

Get local and national news updates via E-mail. RED SPRINGS – A 55-year-old woman surrendered herself to lawmen this afternoon after a five-hour armed standoff inside her home.

BOCA RATON, Fla.—-Medical Connections Holdings, Inc. , a national provider of medical recruitment and staffing services, announced today the appointment of Mr. James E. Wallace to its Board of Directors.

1. Disclosing Medical Errors Does Not Increase Malpractice Claims While experts acknowledge that patients should be informed of medical errors, some fear that proactive disclosure will increase litigation and costs to health care systems. In 2001, the University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) launched a comprehensive claims management program that centered on full disclosure for medical errors …

(AP:LOS ANGELES) Prospect Medical Holdings Inc., which has agreed to be acquired by a private equity firm, said Tuesday it turned a profit in its fiscal third quarter as revenue edged up 2 percent.