A new study shows massage therapy can help relieve some people who suffer from chronic back pain, but benefits lasted no more than a year, according to a report in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Research findings from Lifespan health system in Providence, R.I., showed that a molecular method detects significantly more patients with positive cases of C. diff than other methods, according to a health system news release.
Research findings suggest approximately 40 percent of patient days of fluoroquinolone antibiotics are unnecessary, according to a study published in BMJ Infectious Diseases.
Research findings suggest that critical access hospitals, compared to their counterparts, featured fewer clinical capabilities and worse performance on quality measures, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Former medical laboratory executives have filed a lawsuit against Quest Diagnostics, accusing the Madison, N.J.-based company of overcharging the federal government by more than $1 billion, according to a news release from Fair Laboratory Practices Associates. FLPA filed the suit…
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A new study shows antimicrobial copper surfaces used in hospital ICUs kill 97 percent of bacteria and reduce risk of acquiring an infection by 40 percent, according to a news release from the International Copper Association.
Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has announced the hiring of Brian J. Courtney as vice president of the clinical field specialists for the Amerinet sales team.
The New York Legislature has recently passed a bill that would ease the crackdown on healthcare providers who submit questionable Medicaid claims, according to a New York Post news report.
Physicians often struggle to determine whether patients who seek pain medication are exaggerating their symptoms, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
The first half of 2011 has come and gone. Here are the 10 most-read articles published on Becker's ASC Review during the first six months of the year.