Novus Scientific's TIGR Matrix Surgical Mesh received a patent for material degradation and mechanical behavior, according to a news release.
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The FDA issued draft guidelines that would allow drug and device makers to provide information on off-label uses, but only if the request for information is unsolicited, or one not initiated by the drug or device maker or distributor, according…
Tennessee state Sen. Ken Yager proposed legislation that would require doctors and pharmacists to check the state's Controlled Substance Monitoring Database before prescribing or filling prescriptions for pain medications, according to a Knoxnews.com report.
Ophthalmologist Mike Reynolds, MD, who practices out of Emporia, Kan., is profiled in a Peabody Gazette-Bulletin report.
Preferred Pain Center in Arizona recently added comprehensive pain management including massage therapy, manipulation under anesthesia and medication management, according to a news release.
Jan Davidson, MSN, RN, AORN manager of ambulatory products for AORN, will represent AORN on the AAAHC board following the accreditor's approval of AORN for full membership in the AAAHC, according to an AORN news release.
Researchers found obese patients were significantly less likely to have a tumor with deficient DNA mismatch repair status, a phenotype associated with improved outcomes in colorectal cancer, than normal-weight patients according to findings published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses has announced it has published the results for its 2011 annual salary survey of perioperative nurses, according to a news release from AORN.
Lake Region Healthcare, based in Fergus Falls, Minn., is restricting visitors' access to patients to immediate family members over 18 years old due to a recent outbreak of gastrointestinal illness in the community, according to an Inforum report.
APIC provides a free, downloadable brochure, developed by Kimberly-Clark, which gives healthcare workers a brief history of respiratory infections as well as the droplet and airborne precautions necessary to contain their spread.