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The U.S. market for anesthesia, respiratory and sleep management devices will reach $4.1 billion by 2015, according to a news release by iData Research, a leading global authority in medical device, dental and pharmaceutical market research.

A coalition of medical specialty organizations, including the American Academy of Ophthalmology, congratulated the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services for its careful and reasoned implementation of up-to-date practice expense rates into its physician payments, according to a joint news…

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Kenneth Livesay, a former executive of Birmingham, Ala.-based HealthSouth Corp., should be sentenced to jail time for his role in a fraud scheme to "artificially inflate HealthSouth's earnings and to falsely report HealthSouth's financial condition," according to an opinion by…

Christ Hospital in Cincinnati has acquired Redbank Surgery Center, which is currently a joint venture between the hospital and local physicians, according to a report by the Business Courier of Cincinnati.

A recent study published in the November issue of Archives of Ophthalmology suggests that the drug naltrexone hydrochloride may reduce ocular complications caused by Type 1 diabetes, such as dry eye and loss of corneal sensation.

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