A major study, involving researchers at Mayo Clinic Arizona and Arizona State University, is examining the influence of gut microflora on patients undergoing bypass surgery, according to a report by News Medical.
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Rose Cancer Center in Summit, Miss., has been shut down by state officials after 11 patients tested positive for an unnamed viral infection, according to an Enterprise-Journal report.
A new study found no benefits and some adverse outcomes to colon cleansing, which uses herb-infused liquid to cleanse the colon, according to a report in MedPage Today.
A new, low-cost "lab on a chip" performs complex laboratory assays from a drop of blood within minutes, according to a report by Nature Medicine.
Barry Tanner is president and CEO of Physicians Endoscopy in Doylestown, Pa.
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Comprehensive Pain & Rehabilitation, with clinics located in Daphne, Ala., and Pascagoula, Miss., has announced the opening of a new ambulatory surgery center in Pascagoula.