Gastroenterologist Shekhar Challa, MD, has written a new book titled "Probiotics for Dummies," according to a Topeka Capital-Journal report.
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Southcoast Health System, based in Wareham, Mass., has announced gastroenterologist Kevin Murphy, MD, has joined Southcoast Physicians Group and will serve as the medical director of Southcoast Gastroenterology Services, according to a news release.
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology introduced its first model for infection preventionist competency.
Kenneth Austin, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Rockland Orthopedics & Sports Medicine in Airmont, N.Y. He is board-certified in arthroscopy and sports medicine as well as general orthopedics, and his expertise includes treating traumatic and sports-related injuries of the…
The WHO Collaborating Centre for Patient Safety Solutions offers nine patient safety solutions designed to prevent patient harm by medication errors, infections and other types of adverse events.
An amendment added to an Iowa spending bill that would have allowed ophthalmologist Lee Birchansky, MD, ABES, to operate a surgery center in Cedar Rapids is unlikely to pass, according to an Eastern Iowa Government report.
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Using a weighted risk index, the highest-risk outpatient surgery patients have an almost 20-fold increase in risk of venous thromboembolism requiring therapy, according to a study in the Annals of Surgery reported in Doctors Lounge.
Construction on a new hospital project for Mt. Vernon, Ill., that includes a surgery center is making progress, according to a Mt. Vernon Register-News report.
Toshiba America Medical Systems has announced it has received FDA clearance of the company's Aquilion PRIME 80 series CT system, according to a news release.