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Rodney L. Plaster, MD, of Eastern Oklahoma Orthopedic Center in Tulsa was co-designer of a total knee replacement device called the Natural-Knee, which was updated three years ago, according to a report by the Tulsa World.
The U.S. attorney in Philadelphia is seeking prison terms for four Synthes executives who have pleaded guilty to promoting Norian XR bone cement without FDA approval, according to a report by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Ga., is starting construction of a $30 million digestive diseases center, according to a report by the Albany Herald.
A sampling of the street prices for one tablet of some commonly abused prescription painkillers reveals they cost as much as 13 times more on the street, according to a report by CNN Money.
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New York anesthesiologist Berton Forman, MD, and his lawyers allege that several New York and California hospitals have been dramatically overcharging patients for anesthesia services, according to an Anesthesiology News report.