The town council of Cherokee, Ala., voted Tuesday to support the addition of an ambulatory surgery center at Helen Keller Hospital in Sheffield, Ala., according to a Times Daily report.
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Integra LifeSciences has signed a three-year contract with Novation to provide Luxtec® surgical headlights, light sources and accessories to the members of VHA, University HealthSystem Consortium and Provista, according to an Integra news release.
Premium Surgery Center in Sheffield Village, Ohio, will become part of Lorain, Ohio-based Mercy Health System, operating at Mercy Premium Surgery Center while plans are made for a move to the system's new campus, according to a Morning Journal report.
Through a new national awards program, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has recognized 37 healthcare facilities for their efforts to prevent and eliminate healthcare-associated infections, according to an HHS news release.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has joined Obama Administration's "Partnership for Patients" initiative, a project designed to help improve quality, safety and affordability of healthcare in the United States, according to an ASA release.
A splash block can have a similar analgesic effect as that of a caudal block for children's postoperative herniorrhaphy pain, according to a study published in the Korean Journal of Anesthesiology.
Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761® inhibits inflammation and thermal hyperalgesia, according to a study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Florida's Wellington Village Council has approved an extension of a pain clinic moratorium, according to a South Florida Sun-Sentinel report.
NorthStar Surgical Center in Lubbock, Texas, a member of Nashville, Tenn.-based Symbion Healthcare, celebrated its 10th anniversary on April 30.
A new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins found that stimulating the brain to create a different type of fat cells could become a future treatment for obesity, according to a release by Johns Hopkins Medicine.