Stony Point Surgery Center in Richmond, Va., is the first surgery center in its region to perform balloon sinuplasty, a non-invasive alternative for treating sinusitis, according to a news release.
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Decreased use of healthcare has driven up insurance company earnings, potentially tempering the increase of premiums for consumers, according to an ABC News report.
Talk therapy for people with pain and other symptoms that have no underlying physical disease helps them feel and function better, according to a report in Neurology.
A pro-business group has been attacking the fairness of an upcoming report that is expected to recommend beefing up the FDA approval process for medical devices, according to a report by the New York Times.
A new FDA draft guidance has recommended that class III implantable pacemaker pulse generators be required to submit premarket approval applications or submit notice of completion of product development protocols, according to an FDA report.
A team led by researchers at University of Maryland School of Medicine has unraveled the genomic code of the bacterium causing the deadly E. coli outbreak in Germany, according to a report by the New England Journal of Medicine.
A new handheld digital device helps patients with degenerative eye disease track vision changes, according to a news release by IT Southwestern Medical Center.
The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass leads patients to significantly reduce intake of dietary fat, according to a report by the American Journal of Physiology – Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology.
A new survey of pain patients suggests that chiropractic treatments are more effective for back pain than medications, according to a release by Consumer Reports.
Ron Brank, group vice president of finance for Symbion in Nashville, Tenn., reviews the advantages and disadvantages of operating several ambulatory surgery centers in one geographic market.