Orthopedic surgeon and Senator John Barrasso, MD, (R-Wyo.) has launched his first re-election bid for a full term in the United States Senate, according to a report from The Times-Picayune.
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Endo Health Solutions this week announced that Watson Pharmaceuticals will be able to market its generic version of the pain medication Lidoderm beginning in 2013, according to an Investor's Business Daily report.
An interactive video game aims to train physicians to identify deceptive behavior in patients likely to abuse prescription painkillers, according to a New York Times report.
Here are 17 statistics on orthopedic surgeon compensation in 2011 based on the Medscape Orthopedist Compensation Report 2012.
Here are 30 orthopedic surgeons on the move in 2012.
Steven Garfin, MD, president of the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery, has issued a letter in response to The Health Care Service Corporation on its draft policy for lumbar spinal fusions.
Howard An, MD, is a spine surgeon at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush and director of the spine fellowship at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
A new study published in the journal Spine reveals that morbidly obese patients who undergo a spinal fusion are twice as likely to have more complications and face more expensive hospital costs.
A new study reveals that patients were more satisfied with colonoscopy than computed tomography colonography, according to an article on new research presented at Digestive Disease Week and a MedPage Today report.
Missouri's Hannibal Regional Medical Group has announced the addition of gastroenterologist Glenn Gordon, MD, to its surgical team, according to a news release.