In his new book, The Opiate Cure, Robert T. Cochran Jr., MD, writes that psychiatric illnesses falling in the bipolar spectrum can be managed and even cured by opiates, according to a news release.
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The eight-story Foster Medical Pavilion at Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago will house an outpatient surgery center and physician offices for more than 40 specialties, according to a Center Square Journal report.
Wisconsin Rapids-based orthopedic center McDonough Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center will join the Marshfield Clinic health system and change its name at the end of the month, according to a Wisconsin Rapids Tribune report.
Gut health has implications beyond the gastrointestinal tract, and several new studies are looking at how testing gut health can diagnose and treat other conditions, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Researchers found weight loss was quicker, greater and retained better after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass than gastric banding surgery, according to findings published in the Archives of Surgery.
Geisinger Health System plans to open an 80,000-square-foot ambulatory care and surgical center in Patton Township, Pa., according to Centre Daily Times report.
Pennsylvania dental care provider Smilebuilderz is considering opening an oral surgery center in Manheim Township, Pa., according to a Central Penn Business Journal report.
Robert Carrera, president of Pinnacle III, identifies five questions ambulatory surgery centers need to ask themselves when preparing to resyndicate to new investors.
Access MediQuip, a national provider of surgical implant management solutions, has named Steven L. Arnold, MD, MS, MBA, CPE, FHIMSS, as its chief medical officer, according to an Access MediQuip news release (pdf).
Joe Clark, EVP and CDO for Surgical Care Affiliates, Aaron Murski, senior manager with VMG Health, and Luke Lambert, CEO of ASCOA, discuss their thoughts on ambulatory surgery center merger and acquisition activity over the next year.