Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found people with mood and anxiety disorders, such as bipolar and panic disorder, might be more likely to abuse opioids, according to a news release.
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U.S. demand for infection prevention products and services is forecasted to increase 5.1 percent annually to $21.4 billion in 2015, according to a Reportlinker release.
John Townsend of Gradient Technologies spent more than 15 years developing the QuadraBloc pain management discs and now hopes to take advantage of the estimated $1 trillion pain management business, according to a Commercial Appeal report.
ImmusanT, a biotechnology company, raised $20 million in funding from Vatera Healthcare Partners, a venture capital firm focusing on biopharmaceutical firms, for the development of a vaccine and diagnostic tool for celiac disease, according to a news release.
Drug shortages have unfortunately become a routine occurrence in operating rooms in the past few years. The number of drug shortages tripled from 2005-2010, according to the FDA. Last year, 211 drug shortages were reported, and as of October this…
Becker's ASC Review published hundreds of articles — news reports, feature stories and lists — in November. Here are 10 ASC leaders providing great best practices taken from some of the most-read articles during the month. Note: Clicking an article…
mTuitive, which develops data capture and synoptic reporting software to assist healthcare professionals in recording clinical findings and maintaining compliance with established protocols and guidelines, has announced it has added Katherine S. Rowell to its board of directors, according to…
The FDA approved the single-site instrumentation for Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci robotic surgery system that will allow gallbladder removal with one incision, according to a company news release.
The FDA issued warning letters to eight surgical centers and California marketing firm 1-800-GET-THIN, asking them to remove misleading advertisements for the Lap-Band device, according to a news release.
Researchers at Case Western University found a device that mimics the periosteum, a sock-like sheath that surrounds the bone and delivers stem cells and growth factors to grow bone and heal bone defects that would have not healed on their…