Neal ElAttrache, MD, a sports medicine physician at Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles and team physician for the LA Dodgers, performed arthroscopic right knee on Dodgers reliever Javy Guerra, according to a MLB report.
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As the population for hip and knee replacement surgeries has evolved, more stress is being placed on critical care services for patients as they are discharged from the hospital, according to a report in Anesthesiology.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham has announced the results of a national study, conducted in part at the institution, reveal that flexible sigmoidoscopy reduces deaths attributable to colorectal cancer, according to a news release.
Lighthouse Imaging Corp. has announced it now offers the L700, an external LED light source, as a companion product to its Endolume endoscope system light tester, according to a news release.
The rate of registration by eligible professionals for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record incentive programs has dropped for the second straight month, according to a CMS report (pdf).
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California physicians are set to receive more than $7 million in incentive payments for completing the first steps toward achieving meaningful use of electronic health records, according to a report by the California Health Information Partnership and Services Organization, a…
Interventional Management Services, an ambulatory surgery center management and development company based in Atlanta, this week announced the acquisition of two area pain management practices: East Georgia Pain Management Center in Covington and Pain Management of the South in Atlanta.
The antidepressant drug Cymbalta can help relieve pain in patients undergoing chemotherapy, according to a new study reported in Medical Daily.
Cannabinoid therapy helps provide effective relief for cancer patients with pain that responded poorly to opioids, according to results of a trial reported in The Journal of Pain.
A recent poll of 50,000 specialists and primary care physicians found that 56 percent are concerned about the pending Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Hospitals are taking note too, uncertain how CMS will implement the Sunshine Act, which requires pharmaceutical, medical…