Plastic surgery procedures for men grew by 2 percent in 2010, led primarily by a surge in baby boomers undergoing cosmetic surgery, according to a Miami Herald report.
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CMS announced April 25 that there is sufficient evidence to conclude that MRI improves health outcomes for Medicare patients with implanted permanent pacemakers, according to an AAPC release.
Cook County Health & Hospitals System is struggling to fill patient billing positions, perhaps due to the system's "perceived instability" and the positions' low pay, according to a Chicago Sun-Times report.
Minimally invasive thyroid surgery is effective in pediatric patients, according to a study published in the April 2011 issue of Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology.
Military medical leaders broke ground on Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgery Center on April 20 at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio, according to a My San Antonio report.
Greenwich Village, N.Y., residents rallied on Saturday against plans to convert New York City's St. Vincent's Hospital into a condo complex that would include an ambulatory surgery center and emergency department, according to an NY1 report.
Optimized epidural analgesia or intravenous patient-controlled analgesia can decrease phantom limb pain, according to a study published in Anesthesiology.
Boulder (Colo.) Surgery Center, covering orthopedics, sports medicine and pain management, is co-owned by its physicians and 265-bed Boulder Community Hospital. Pinnacle III manages the center. Most of the 21 affiliated physicians are owners of the center, which has three…
The successful launch in February of a spine program at Greensboro (N.C.) Specialty Surgical Center benefited from careful planning and close collaboration between surgeons and clinical staff and received useful advice from management partner Surgical Care Affiliates and hospital partner…
The FDA has released a draft guidance on properly cleaning and labeling reprocessed endoscopes to reduce the number of infections.