Catherine Mullaly, MD, an anesthesiologist with Massachusetts General Hospital, recently sent a dispatch home from Misrata, Libya, where she is working at Qasr Ahmed Hospital, according to a Boston Globe report.
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Siemens Healthcare announced a global competition for medical, biomedical engineering and IT students to addresses technological progress and societal changes affecting healthcare systems, according to a MedGadget report.
The FDA announced it will invest $2 million to support two regional Centers of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation, according to an FDA news release.
The Obama administration has proposed a change that would quickly reinstate physicians who are kicked out of the Medicare program because of a clerical or administrative error, according to an American Medical News report.
Police in Vermont are lobbying to gain access to the state's prescription database, but physicians warn that the database is to provide information to physicians for treatment rather than legal action, according to a Burlington Free Press report.
Cutting Medicaid by 5 percent could cost U.S. states $14 billion and trigger massive job losses, according to a study by the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems and reported by Reuters.
A recent study found people suffering from pain exhibited a greater self-centered perspective aimed at maximizing self-gain, according to the study published in PLoSONE.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has failed to win a lawsuit over whether the state can increase judges' health insurance and pension contributions, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report.
Due to insurance policies that limit weight loss surgery coverage to those with BMIs between 35 and 40, hopeful patients are gaining weight in order to qualify for the surgery, an MSNBC report said.
Researchers found signet cell histology is five times more prevalent in rectal cancer patients under the age of 40, according to findings presented at the 2011 Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons.