New publications from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality on treating gastroesophageal reflux disease found established drug-based therapy is effective, according to an AHRQ news release.
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Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker, the Army's surgeon general, is a strong advocate of alternative therapies, especially acupuncture, rather than pain medications, according to a San Antonio Express report.
David J. Apple, MD, an expert in ocular pathology, cataract surgery and intraocular lens implantation, died on Aug. 18 at age 69, according to an ASCRS Foundation report.
David J. Apple, MD, an expert in ocular pathology, cataract surgery and intraocular lens implantation, died on Aug. 18 at age 69, according to an ASCRS Foundation report.
Around 74 percent of Michigan residents understand the basic nature of what anesthesiologists do, but only 24 percent expressed concern about the risks of anesthesia or demonstrated an understanding of the role's seriousness, according to a Detroit News report.
Commonly used local anesthetic benzocaine may fit more easily into a cell's membrane when the membrane is composed of compounds that carry a negative charge, according to a study published in the Journal of Chemical Physics.
Recommended legislation on Maine's health insurance exchange has been completed and will be presented to the state's Insurance and Financial Services Committee on Monday, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
Missouri lawmakers have stalled a discussion of the state's health insurance exchange because some senators do not want to implement an exchange system, according to a Public News Service report.
A new study in The British Medical Journal analyzes mastectomy rates in breast cancer patients who underwent preventive screening versus those who did not, according to a DotMed report.
Physicians and other providers now have until Jan. 1, 2012, to begin using the revised Advanced Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage form, according to an AAPC release.