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Eric Heiden, MD, is a former Olympic speed skater and gold medalist. This year, now Dr. Heiden, he has returned to the Olympics as the team physician for the U.S. speed skating team, according to a Wall Street Journal report.…

Interventional pain management physicians Glenn M. Lipton, MD, with DISC Sports & Spine Center in Marina del Rey, Calif.; Lowell Davis, DO, DABPM, medical director of South Florida Interventional Pain & Wellness Institute in Miramar and Christopher Centeno, MD, managing…

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Patients with robotic-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy surgeries had significantly fewer readmissions within 30 days of surgery than those who underwent other approaches, such as laparoscopic, open abdominal and vaginal, according to a study in The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology.

The following statistics on healthcare communication are from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2009, included in the agency's 2012 National Healthcare Disparities Report.

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