Space is still available to watch the speaker via live video feed. The price is $14 and includes educational booths and buffet dinner. Call 641-236-2588 to make your reservation.

Todd Linden was interviewed by a HealthLeaders Media reporter on GRMC's integrated medicine program.

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Todd Linden was interviewed by an Iowa Public Radio reporter about the Medicare Tweener issue.

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When nurses tried to insert an IV into patient Linda Aron's hand, she was so anxious over the impending operation to fix her acid reflux that they simply had to stop.

Instead of continuing to poke and prod Aron, nurses at Grinnell (Iowa) Regional Medical Center called in a massage therapist to rub her shoulders and arms to help her relax. Within 10 minutes, Aron had an IV in place.

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Sportscar Raffle to Benefit GRMC

Wes Finch Auto Plaza and Grinnell Regional Medical Center have teamed up to raffle a 2008 Pontiac Solstice as a benefit for GRMC. The raffle is in honor of the 40^th anniversary of the merger of St. Francis and Community Hospitals into what we now know as Grinnell Regional Medical Center. Cost for a raffle ticket is $40 and only 1,500 will be sold. The drawing for the roadster will be Friday, Jan. 2, 2009. Tickets go on sale July 1 for the two-seater painted a shade that Pontiac calls, “aggressive” red.

The convertible is on display at Wes Finch Auto Plaza. Tickets may be purchased at Wes Finch, The Glass Gift Box at GRMC, and online at www.grmc.us/car.html. Check out the Solstice at upcoming Music in the Park on Thursday, July 3, where tickets will be available for purchase.

Two cash prizes of $2,500 or $1,000 will also be given away in addition to the 2008 Pontiac Solstice.