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The FDA approved Medtronic's AdaptiveStim with the RestoreSensor neurostimulation system, according to a Medtronic news release.

Utah's Health and Human Services Interim Committee rejected a bill that would require hospitals and outpatient surgical facilities but did endorse a resolution in support of the bill's intent, according to a Salt Lake Tribune report.

Massachusetts' Board of Registration in Medicine has reprimanded and fined the former CEO of Hyannis, Mass.-based Cape Cod Healthcare for improperly prescribing medication, according to a board news release.

Nearly one in four privately insured colon surgery patients are readmitted to the hospital within three months of discharge at a cost of roughly $9,000 per readmission, according to Johns Hopkins researchers.

A study identified benchmark levels for two quality measures of cataract surgery, according to findings published in the journal Ophthalmology.

MedStar Health, Novant Health and Sentara Healthcare formed the MNS Supply Chain Network, which represents more than $3 billion in annual purchases of supplies and services, according to a Sentara Healthcare news release.

The FDA Center for Devices & Radiological Health chief Jeffrey Shuren, MD, fielded questions related to medical devices, protecting patients and promoting innovation during a congressional hearing this week, according to a MassDevice report.

After last week's announcement that Siemens, Europe's largest engineering company, would exit the radiation therapy market, stocks of Varian Medical Systems, a Palo Alto-based maker of radiotherapy tools to treat cancer, rose yesterday, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.

Neuroscientists say the way in which patients think about pain can affect the painful experience itself, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

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