The Palladium for Surgery Houston in River Oaks, Texas, is suing a Clear Lake physician, alleging he refused to pay more than $300,000 owed for using the facility, according to an Ultimate Montrose report.
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Virtual colonoscopies are less time-consuming than the standard colonoscopy and are now recommended as a frontline screening test by the American Cancer Society, but the technique has major drawbacks, according to a HealthDay News report.
Physicians at Jackson Hospital in Alabama are praising the medical center's new da Vinci S HD Surgical System, which the hospital is using to perform minimally invasive urologic procedures historically not offered in Montgomery, according to a Montgomery Advertiser report.
In the past six months, six patients with endocarditis have been admitted to Pepin Heart Hospital in Tampa, Fla., after injecting oxycodone, and four of them have died, according to a St. Petersburg Times report.
Utah orthopedic surgeon Alpesh Patel, MD, has gotten assistance from MBA students at the University of Utah on developing a device that alerts surgeons if the esophagus or bowel has been accidentally nicked with a scalpel, according to a Deseret…
The FDA has approved the Aspire HD full-field digital mammography system from Fujifilm Medical Systems USA, according to a Fujifilm news release.
Lloyd Hildebrand, MD, an ophthalmologist at the Dean McGee Eye Institute in Oklahoma City, Okla., is an example of the practical, pragmatic perceptions that clinicians can bring to medical innovations, according to an Oklahoman report.
Due to continuing uncertainty on how to treat chronic pain, physicians should base treatment on evidence-based studies and not rely on patient testimonials, according to an FASEB Journal report.
A new study shows that even use of low-dose aspirin increases the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding, which is increased further with use of cardiovascular disease-preventing therapies, such as clopidogrel and anticoagulants, according to an American Gastroenterological Association news release.
UPMC researchers are embarking on a five-year study with an aim to finally create the first set of protocols for diagnosing and treating sepsis in the emergency room, according to a Wall Street Journal report.