Tom Pliura, MD, JD, will be running in the upcoming Illinois state Senate race, according to a News-Gazette report.
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In a panel session on Aug. 16 at the annual conference of the Association of Staff Physician Recruiters in Chicago, Scott Shipman, MD, director of healthcare affairs, the Association of American Medical Colleges, and a researcher at the Dartmouth Institute…
NorthStar Surgical Center in Lubbock, Texas, began offering total knee, uni-knee, total ankle and total shoulder procedures at the beginning of the year. The ambulatory surgery center has performed approximately 10 of the procedures so far. John D. Brock, administrator…
The first endoscopic suturing on a resection of a large polyp in the colon has been performed using Apollo Endosurgery's new OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System, according to an Apollo news release.
NIDEK has received FDA clearance for its MC-500 Vixi, a photocoagulator for eye surgery, according to a NIDEK news release.
Mauna Kea Technologies has obtained FDA clearance for its updated Cellvizio endomicroscopy system for the GI and pulmonary tracts, according to a company release.
The Government Accountability Office has issued a report recommending CMS more clearly communicate its goals for the Medicare Integrity Program and improve the reliability of data used to calculate the MIP’s return on investment. MIP is designed to identify and…
The governor of Kentucky is turning to authorities in Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia to help stop illegal prescription drugs such as pain medications, from coming into the state, according to a WPSD Channel 6 report.
Almost half of patients needing vision correction are significantly astigmatic in at least one eye, according to a Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today report.
Microsurgeons at Stanford School of Medicine have developed a new method of vascular anastomosis without sutures, according to a Stanford news release.