Researchers are urging regulatory agencies and healthcare providers to take extra steps to fight the current shortage of anti-infection drugs, including multidisciplinary stewardship programs, according to an Infectious Diseases Society of America news release.
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Paul P. Lee, MD, was appointed chair of the University of Michigan department of ophthalmology and visual sciences, according to a university news release.
The Connecticut Medical Examining Board has fined two Connecticut physicians for patient safety reasons, according to a New Haven Independent report.
Covidien's board of directors elected president and CEO Jose E. Almeida to the additional position of chairman of the board, effective Mar. 13, according to a news release.
A PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree report found first-time investments in medical device and biotech firms were at their lowest level in 15 years in 2011, according to a Star Tribune report.
Medtronic's RestoreSensor was approved by the FDA in Nov. 2011, and the neurostimulation device is gaining popularity in the treatment of pain, according to an ABC report.
In an article he co-authored in the New England Journal of Medicine, Philip Pizzo, MD, dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine, urged for a public health campaign to educate people about chronic pain, according to a Stanford news…
Two new studies found that a new, investigational colorectal cancer screening test developed by the Mayo Clinic and Exact Sciences of Madison, Wis., is accurate and more sensitive than other noninvasive tests at detecting adenomas and early-stage cancer, according to…
The Obesity Surgery Mortality Risk Score can predict a patient's risk for mortality as a result of bariatric surgery, according to a Bluepoint Surgical Group news release.
The Minnesota Department of Health provides a free, downloadable poster that encourages people with a fever or cough not to visit an organization.