Treating chronic pain patients who also have addictions to substances like alcohol and opiates can be very challenging, according to a report by the Reading Eagle.
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Olympus has announced the launch of its second generation of Directrec devices for stationary dictation.
A new high-speed, three-dimensional imaging system being developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology can detect microscopic pre-cancerous changes in the esophagus or colon, according to a news release by the Optical Society.
William Drake, MD, and his employer St. Joseph’s Hospital in Highland, Ill., have been sued by a former patient for a misdiagnosis that allowed undetected cancer to spread in his body, according to a St. Clair Record report. Read the…
Rhode Island's state health insurance commissioner cut rate increase requests from UnitedHealthcare of New England and Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island during the state's annual rate review, according to a Business Insurance report.
California announced Tuesday that the state will decrease premiums by as much as 24 percent for new and existing subscribers of its health program for high-risk patients, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report.
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors has voted to shelve a measure that would close a loophole in the city's universal healthcare ordinance, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report.
David Waisel, MD, an anesthesiologist at Children's Hospital in Boston, testified Tuesday that Florida's planned replacement drug for lethal injections could cause extreme pain in executions, according to a News-Press report.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has asked CMS to reconsider its position on a proposed work RVU for CPT code 64405 (Injection, anesthetic agent; greater occipital nerve), according to an ASA release.
The anesthetic agent isoflurane could preserve brain structure and function after intracerebral hemorrhage, a type of stroke caused by bleeding in the brain, according to a study published in the Aug. 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.