The Red Sox have announced the team will eliminate the medical director position, previously held by Tom Gill, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital, in favor of a new medical provider model, according to a Boston Globe report.
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A study from Norway found the more often women experienced sleep problems, the more likely they were to develop fibromyalgia 10 years later, according to a CNN report.
Twenty-five percent of healthcare providers are currently using tablets in their practice and an additional 21 percent plan to do so within 12 months, according to a CompTIA news release.
A new study reveals oncologists are not effectively treating pain, according to findings published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
The FDA will grant the University of Rochester Medical Center a $4.5 million grant over five years to study different approaches to improve methods used to evaluate and approve treatments for acute and chronic pain, according to a University news…
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The past 20 years of pain management treatment have focused on prescribing more — and often stronger — pain medication. However, there has been a return to the biopsychosocial method of pain management that John Bonica, MD, developed in the…
Federal health IT organizations are calling for user feedback on the specifications of the Nationwide Health Information Network, according to the Federal Advisory Committee blog post.
For male soccer players, undergoing eccentric hamstring exercise can decrease the rate of new and recurrent acute hamstring injuries, according to a study published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Chicago-based Resurrection Medical Group recently announced the opening of their new physical medicine and rehabilitation unit at Saint Joseph Hospital, according to a Resurrection Medical Group news release.
The official start date for ICD-10 isn't until Oct. 1, 2013, but that doesn't mean surgery centers should delay the implementation process. Rhonda Buckholtz, CPC, CPMA, CPC-I, of AAPC, discusses seven steps surgery center leaders should take over the next…