Colorectal cancer and death rates have fallen in recent years as more people choose to undergo screening for the disease, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Citing Florida pill mill legislation, state officials are issuing notices to revoke the registration of hundreds of pain management clinics in the state, according to a report by the Naples News.
FDA officials are distancing themselves from an upcoming Institute of Medicine report that is expected to call for sweeping changes of the agency's 510(k) premarket review process, according to a report by Mass Device.
A new brain imaging technique may help physicians better categorize the severity of lower back pain, according to a report in Anesthesiology.
Bariatric surgery has substantially higher efficacy than standard care for reducing weight in severely obese adults, according to a report by Obesity Reviews.
Long waiting times for appointments as well as patients' education levels increase the risk of poor bowel preparation in adult patients undergoing colonoscopy, according to a report in BMC Gastroenterology.
Charles J. Militana, MD, director of ambulatory surgery centers for North American Partners in Anesthesia and director of anesthesia for Dorothy and Alvin Schwartz Ambulatory Surgical Center, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, N.Y., discusses six priorities for anesthesiologists practicing in…
The Florida Department of Health announced the Emergency Suspension Orders of 14 practitioners and one pharmacy in the state this week, according a WINK News report. The majority of providers subject to an ESO had pled guilty to conspiracy to…