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As patients make more of an effort to maintain a healthy lifestyle, more physicians have incorporated integrative medicine into treatment plans, according to THOnline.com.

In conjunction with La Peer Surgery Center in Beverly Hills, Calif., orthopedic surgeon, Steven Meier, MD, performed the first outpatient stem cell lumbar intradiscal injection and platelet rich plasma therapy for a patient with degenerative disc disease.

Here are 35 updates from the last month.

Here are the eight states with the fewest number of professionally active physicians, according to 2016 data from Kaiser State Health Facts.

The Republican candidates voiced their contrasting opinions concerning healthcare at the most recent debate, according to The Daily Cougar.

As more health insurance companies report data breaches affecting millions of users, Leslie Sistla, chief information security officer of Microsoft Worldwide Health, is calling for a "security intervention in healthcare," according to eWeek.

Matt Oliva, MD, of Medford, Ore.-based Medical Eye Center, is offering affordable cataract surgery to people in rural Ethiopia, according to The Columbian.

Here are five key thoughts on what providers can do to address some of the biggest challenges in healthcare today, according to Deloitte's 2016 Health Care Providers Industry Outlook: Interview With Mitchell Morris, MD report.

The Center for Sight in Sarasota, Fla., now allows family members to use personal video cameras and mobile technology to video tape procedures, according to a Bradenton Herald report. 

Here are eight key notes on ambulatory surgery center reimbursement for 2016.