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The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care will begin seeking public comment for proposed revisions to AAAHC standards for 2012 beginning Aug. 2.
As U.S. obesity rates continue to rise, bariatric surgery for teenagers is becoming more common, according to a report by CNN.
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Screening every new colon cancer patient for Lynch syndrome, a hereditary condition, would extend lives at a reasonable cost, according to a news release by Stanford University School of Medicine.