The recent discussions of healthcare reform have never been more interesting. This article briefly examines positions taken by several newspapers and their readers with respect to healthcare reform.
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New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced the creation of FAIR Health, new non-profit company, and an upstate research network headquartered at Syracuse University that will develop a new independent database for consumer out-of-network reimbursement and a new Web…
The president has aggressively marketed the support of certain industry groups such as the pharmaceutical industry, the AMA and the AHA to help sell healthcare reform. He has used their pledges of support, which came in exchange for price protection…
Leslie Geddes, PhD, a former bioengineering professor at Purdue University who is credited with more than 30 patents for biomedical devices, has died at age 88, according to a release from Purdue.
SI-Bone, a device-maker for sacroiliac joint pathology, has named Steven R. Garfin, MD, chair of its medical advisory board, according to a release from SI-Bone.
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DePuy Spine has agreed to fund 25 graduate medical education fellowships in spine care through the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation, according to a release from the foundation.
Hanger Orthopedics, which sells prostheses and operates rehabilitation centers, reported third-quarter revenue of $192.3 million, up 7.6 percent from a year ago, according to a release from the company.
A year after physicians at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University implanted a telescoping prosthesis to replace the entire upper arm bone of a three-year-old boy, the boy is thriving, according to a release from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.
A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that the number of practicing physicians in the United States is lower than previous estimates due to issues in reporting retirements accurately, according to a report by…
Warsaw, Ind.-based Symmetry Medical, an orthopedic parts supplier, predicts 2009 sales to be between $355 million and $365 million, down from $385-$405 million projected in August, due to greater-than-expected customer order reductions that are expected to trigger a "significant shortfall"…