At its interim meeting, the House of Delegates directed the American Medical Association to promote physician training and competence on the proper use of controlled substances, according to an AMA report.
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A GBI Research report found the global pain management therapeutics market will grow 3 percent annually from 2010-2017, and sales will reach $35.1 billion by the end of 2017, according to a Reportlinker.com news release.
A recent study found a higher intake of well-done grilled and barbecued red meat increases the amount of carcinogens and possibly the risk of aggressive prostate cancer, according to findings published in PLoS ONE.
Sony Electronics has announced it provided a preview of the company's new medical grade organic light-emitting diode monitor to attendees of the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, which took place late October, according to a news release from Sony.
Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that Northern California Surgery Center in Turlock has selected its ProVation EHR documentation and patient charting solution, according to a Wolters Kluwer Health news release (pdf).
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A new spine outpatient surgery center has opened in Carmel, Ind., according to a news release from Indiana Spine Group (pdf), the organization that opened and owns the ASC.
Carrie Rae has been named administrator of Peters Township (Pa.) Surgery Center, according to a Peters Patch report.
A new outpatient surgery center is planned for Ann Arbor, Mich., according to a Heritage.com report.
A new ambulatory surgery center has opened in Utica, N.Y., according to an Observer-Dispatch report.