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In response to reports of increased abuse of prescription painkillers, Delaware's Medicaid program is placing more restrictions on the drugs, according to a Delaware Online report.

Preferred Pain Center in Phoenix has started offering spinal decompression for the treatment of back pain and is offering new customers three free spinal decompression therapy sessions, according to a news release.

Researchers in the Netherlands assessed the quality of colonoscopy reporting in daily clinical practice and found colonoscopy reporting varied significantly, according to findings published in GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

A new study claims anesthesiologist involvement increased the cost of screening colonoscopy by 20 percent, according to findings published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Five pain management physicians talk about the most important pain management research in 2011 and its impact on the specialty.

The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, a not-for-profit pharmacy standards development organization, has published a list of its 2011 accomplishments.

The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America have released guidelines for managing community-acquired pneumonia in children, according to an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality publication.

The Tennessee Surgical Quality Collaborative led to improvements in procedures including superficial site infection (18.9 percent reduction) and wound disruption (34.3 percent), according to research published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., announced today it will partner with Regent Surgical Health to convert the hospital's ambulatory surgical pavilion from a hospital outpatient department to a physician joint venture, according to a release.

The FDA granted 510(k) clearance to Medtronic's Aquamantys SBS 5.0 Sheathed Bipolar Sealer for spine surgery, according to a news release.