Penn State-Hershey (Pa.) Health System has implemented a wide range of policies to combat the July effect, despite some skepticism in the validity of the phenomenon, according to a Patriot-News report.
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St. Jude Medical has received FDA clearance for its Epiducer neurostimulation lead delivery system for pain management, according to a company news release.
A new study links a dominant posture to better tolerance of pain and a submissive posture to higher pain sensitivity, according to report by PsychCentral.
Emily Birkholz, MD, an ophthalmologist, has joined Ophthalmology Associates of Mankato, Minn., according to a report by the St. James Plaindealer.
A diet high in vitamin D and the nutrients betaine and methionine reduced risk of macular degeneration, while smoking raised the risk, according to a report in the journal Ophthalmology.
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The publication Mass Device has released the following list of the five most innovative med-tech CEOs.
More than 20 CEOs of leading medical device companies flew into Washington to urge Congress to ease regulatory burdens on the industry, according to a release by AdvaMed.
Louis Hampers, MD, the former head of the emergency department at Children’s Hospital of Colorado in Aurora, has pled guilty to 14 counts of prescription drug fraud. Read more coverage on Becker’s Hospital Review.
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Spine Surgical Innovation, global marketer and distributor of the Swivel Port System and full line of spine instruments, has added five new pedicle instruments to the company's portfolio.