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Minneapolis VA Health Care System researchers found opioids and non-opioid medication achieve comparable results for effectively treating chronic back and osteoarthritis pain.

Fewer ASC cataract patients had unplanned anterior vitrectomies in the fourth quarter of 2016 compared to past quarters, according to ASC Quality Collaboration data.

The sepsis therapeutics market is set to expand over the next several years, a Transparency Market Research report found, according to medGadget.

Theranos reached an agreement with the Arizona Attorney General's office to reimburse Arizona residents the $4.65 million they paid for Theranos blood testing services from 2013 to 2016.

A study published in the Annals of Surgery examined how the World Health Organization's Surgical Safety Checklist affected postsurgical deaths.

The hospital-acquired infection control market is set to substantially expand through 2020, a Persistence Market Research report found, according to medGadget.

Throughout an eight-month period, 10 infants at UC Irvine Medical Center neonatal intensive care unit tested positive for the same Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain, according to The OCR.

Public health officials are warning the public of the hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, which people can acquire through mouse droppings. With the weather warming up, officials expect a major uptick in these viral infections, according to The Washington Post.

A study published in JAMA Surgery examined opioid use after major and minor operations, which was previously sparsely documented.

Infectious disease physicians' average compensation jumped 6 percent in 2017, according to the "Medscape ID Physician Compensation Report 2017."