The American Society of Anesthesiologists and the American Medical Association have filed an amicus brief in the appeal of CSA and CMA v. Schwarzenegger, according to an ASA release.
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New York state insurance regulators are planning to release all documents relating to health insurance companies' applications for rate hikes, according to a Buffalo News report.
ISTA Pharmaceuticals' product to treat pain and inflammation following cataract surgery met primary goals in a Phase 3 study, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
The global gastrointestinal endoscopes market is expected to reach $2.7 billion in 2017, according to a "Gastrointestinal Endoscopes - Global Pipeline Analysis, Competitive Landscape and Market Forecasts to 2017" report.
Collecting information about patients can determine risk and help prioritize colonoscopy screenings for those with a higher risk, a study published in BMC Gastroenterology found.
African Americans with resected stage two and three colon cancer have a worse overall and recurrence-free survival when compared to white patients, according to a study published Oct. 12 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Representing a $130 billion share each year, five groups that buy medical products for more than 4,000 hospitals and thousands of other healthcare facilities will use their purchasing power to urge companies to produce greener and safer products, according to…
A Massachusetts state survey found that one in seven parents have given their children prescription drugs not prescribed to them, and more than half said their children have access to prescription drugs in the home, according to a Boston Globe…
Although bariatric surgery is becoming more popular for adults, and it seems appealing for obese adolescents, long-term consequences are not yet known, said Julie R. Ingelfinger, MD, in an article in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, criticizes the FDA's medical device review process in a new report, a MassDevice report said.