John Townsend of Gradient Technologies spent more than 15 years developing the QuadraBloc pain management discs and now hopes to take advantage of the estimated $1 trillion pain management business, according to a Commercial Appeal report.
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Thirty percent of physicians have purchased an iPad and 28 percent plan to do so within the next six months, according to a Float Mobile Learning news release.
Congress will vote today on a House Republican bill that would strike and soften restrictions against physician-owned hospitals, according to a New York Times report.
The Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care Institute for Quality Improvement recently released the data from a survey on performing low back injections in surgery centers. The survey gathered data from 45 organizations that perform more than 55,000 procedures annually.
Brad Raphael, MD, a partner at Elite Healthcare Medical Associates, recently joined the staff at Crouse Hospital, both in Syracuse, N.Y., according to a hospital news release.
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Edward Khalfayan, MD, team medical director for the Seattle Mariners, recently performed shoulder surgery on relief pitcher Dan Cortes, according to a report from The Seattle Times.
Peter J. Millett, MD, head of shoulder surgery at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., was recently named chair for the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Open Program at the 2013 annual meeting, according to a release fro The Steadman…
Advanced Pain Management, a group of spine pain specialists with multiple locations in Maryland and Washington D.C., announced that effective Jan. 2, 2012, it will be known as KURE Pain Management, according to a company news release.
A UC Davis School of Medicine researcher has developed an algorithm that predicts the changes in voltage-gated sodium channels, which transmit pain, according to a news release.
New research from Johns Hopkins University found routine MRI imaging does not improve treatment and does not play a role in a physician's decision to give epidural steroid injections, the most common procedure performed at pain clinics in the U.S.,…