The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention said more patients in group settings are being exposed to blood-borne infections during diabetes testing, glucose monitoring and insulin delivery, according to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report.
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Researchers in St. Louis say patients who sometimes appear to be sedated but are awake for procedures should be measured with a new brain wave-monitoring device, according to a Houston Chronicle report.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists joined 24 other medical specialties and the American Medical Association in signing a joint letter to the Patient-Centered Research Outcomes Institute regarding recommendations for the organization's national priorities, according to an ASA release.
Although there has been an overall decrease in population-based and visit-based antibiotic prescribing rates for children from 1993-1994 to 2007-2008, inappropriate prescribing rates for children are still too high, according to recent research from the CDC.
Massachusetts House majority leader Ronald Mariano plans to file legislation today that would require insurers to reduce payments to the priciest hospitals and physicians, according to a Boston Globe report.
Less-experienced surgeons experience a lower perioperative morbidity rate and sound early oncologic outcomes with robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, compared with other surgical interventions, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College and a Urology Times report.
The University of South Florida wants to charge more than double the usual tuition for its new nurse anesthesia program, according to a Tampa Tribune report.
Health insurance exchanges could help poor people receive more than $100 billion in government benefits for which they are eligible, according to a Crain's New York Business report.