Research showed for the first time that the hippocampus — which is usually associated with memory — plays a role in suppressing pain during stress, according to a study published in Pain, a medical journal.
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Chicago — The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the national association for surgery centers, and ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review, announce McKesson has been named a sponsor for the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference, to be held Oct.…
Brent Lambert, MD, founding principal, and Luke Lambert, CEO, of ASCOA, discuss 12 issues likely to significantly impact the ambulatory surgery center industry in 2012.
Surgical Care Affiliates is looking for a dynamic leader to be the administrator for a center in Des Moines, Iowa. Administrators are the leaders of their SCA centers, helping teammates provide excellent clinical care and outstanding customer service for our…
Surgical Care Affiliates has announced that Pete Clemens has joined the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective today, according to an SCA release.
Anesthesiologist Thomas Fuhrman, MD, kept a patient awake during brain surgery at the University of Miami Hospital, according to a Miami Herald report.
Slowing growth in health insurance costs may squeeze profit margins for smaller insurance companies focused on commercial coverage, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
As of last month, health insurance rates in Wisconsin will come under scrutiny for the first time, according to a JS Online report.
A report by the Milken Institute found that some challenges facing the industry are the complexity and instability of the FDA's medical device approval process, government funding cutbacks and federal tax policies that cannot compete globally, a news release said.
Mark Buyyounouski, MD, MS, a radiation oncologist at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has developed a tool that can determine a patient's risk of dying from prostate cancer after he has received radiation treatment, Medical News Today reported.