Hospitals in Lawrenceville, IL - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Lawrence County Memorial Hospital
Critical Access Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: 2200 State St, Lawrenceville, Illinois 62439
Ratings:NA Phone: (618) 943-1000

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Given Imaging to purchase Sierra Scientific Instruments from Water Street Healthcare Partners for $35M

Water Street Healthcare Partners, a leading private equity firm focused exclusively on health care, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its gastrodiagnostic device company, Sierra Scientific Instruments, to Given Imaging Ltd ( GIVN). Given Imaging, the global leader in patient-friendly GI diagnostic and monitoring solutions, will purchase the business for $35 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close in early April.

UC Santa Cruz leads collaborative project to develop novel technology for improving wound healing

UC Santa Cruz will lead a collaborative project to develop innovative technology for improving the healing of serious wounds, funded by a contract worth up to $16 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Viewpoints: Voters want Medicare protected in 'grand bargain;' Increases in taxes can't cover the 'fiscal cliff'; Kids' health needs more attention

As the ranking member on the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology, let me simply state the hard truth. To avoid the fiscal cliff and to get our budget deficit and the national debt under control, we need to do three things simultaneously: cut spending, increase revenue and have the courage to put everything on the table in a responsible, bipartisan manner.

New nanothin coating could be used to treat deadly bacterial and fungal infections

Researchers have developed a new superbug-destroying coating that could be used on wound dressings and implants to prevent and treat potentially deadly bacterial and fungal infections.

Bad technology choices contributing to increased drug development costs, say experts

The search for new medicines is becoming unsustainably expensive despite huge technological advances because researchers are using the wrong methods, experts say.

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