A study found opioid prescriptions for chronic abdominal pain more than doubled in U.S. outpatient clinics from 1997-2008, according to an American Gastroenterological Association news release.
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Todd McCarty, MD, FACS, of the Lakewood Weight Loss & Wellness Clinic, successfully performed the first natural orifice bariatric surgery on a female patient, according to a news release.
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University found elevated blood sugar levels are associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer, according to a news release.
As the trend of physician employment and physician practice acquisition continues at a rapid pace, surgery center physicians are struggling to determine where they will fit in the future of healthcare. They know that surgery centers provide a high-quality service…
You may have missed some news last week while preparing for Thanksgiving, so here's the abridged version. Here are 10 stories affected the ambulatory surgery center industry from the week of Nov. 21.
DSM, a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials, and AdeTherapeutics, a clinical-stage product development company located in Canada, signed a joint collaboration agreement to accelerate DSM's scar reduction and pain management product development strategy in neurosurgery, according…
Several medical device companies gathered at the North American Spine Society annual conference this past month to display new innovations for a variety of spinal procedures. Even through tough economic times, companies displayed an impressive array of innovation, which could…
Mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, affiliations, co-management agreements, joint ventures, service line agreements, leasing arrangements and strategic partnerships. Sometimes it seems as though the world of healthcare has turned into a Baskin Robbins, with 31 flavors of hospital transactions out in various…
Kimberly-Clark, as part of its healthcare-associated infections website, provides a free, downloadable surgical site infection cost of infection savings calculator.
The Washington State Hospital Association provides a free, downloadable interactive infection risk assessment worksheet.