The Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Public Health Counsel codified a series of Determination of Need guidelines for ambulatory surgery centers in the commonwealth earlier this month, effectively prohibiting the expansion of ambulatory surgery centers, according to a…
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Gastroenterologist Magdalena Averhoff, MD, associate chief medical officer of Jackson South Community Hospital in Miami, has been appointed to the Florida Board of Medicine, according to a South Florida Hospital News report.
HCA has reported its first quarter 2012 results and reports that outpatient volumes saw an increase over the same quarter last year, according to a Market Watch report.
Shaily Jain, MD, a gastroenterologist practicing out of Digestive Health Specialists in Washington, has written a column on the importance of women receiving colon cancer screenings.
Lawrence County Memorial Hospital in Lawrenceville, Ill., has begun work on a new $4.3 million surgery center project, according to a Daily Record report and the hospital's website.
AW Property Co. has purchased the 64,197-square-foot St. Andrews Medical Park for $9.5 million, according to a Gulf Coast Business Review report.
Lawrence G. Lenke, MD, is a professor of neurological surgery and chief of spine surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, a position he recently filled in February. He succeeded Keith H. Bridwell, MD, who held the…
Migraine headaches are more likely to affect patients with celiac disease, according to new research reported on MSN Health.
Results from a randomized clinical study show that the anticonvulsant drug pregabalin provides rapid relief from pain and pain-related sleep disturbance in patients with spinal cord injuries, according to a Medscape report.
Young physicians graduating from orthopedic residency and fellowship programs have many challenges ahead. They graduate with heavy debt into an uncertain healthcare environment and are expected to develop a new practice often without business or financial planning experience. With the…