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Gastroesophageal reflux disease impacts many people in the United States and traditional treatment has shown varying degrees of success.

A multifaceted hand hygiene initiative increased compliance rates among all healthcare workers at a 719-bed tertiary care teaching hospital, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

Hospital patients with certain infections have lower mortality, readmission rates, length of stay and costs when treated early by an infectious diseases specialist than when treated later, according to a study in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Infected patients account for only half of all of C. diff. infections, with the other half originating outside healthcare settings, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Christopher Loftus, MD, chair of the department of neurosurgery of Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood, Ill., has been elected treasurer of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies.

St. Mary's of Michigan-Saginaw has joined the Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative, an initiative that aims at measuring and improving the care of patients who undergo spine surgery, according to a Midland Daily News report.

The global pain management devices market, which was valued at USD $2 billion in 2011, is expected to grow to reach a market of USD $5 billion by 2018, according to a report by Transparency Market Research.

Evangelical Community Hospital in Lewisburg, Pa., has acquired SUN Orthopaedic Group in Lewisburg, according to a News-Item report.

The first spine surgery featuring the San Diego-based NuVasive Precept posterior fixation system took place recently in Japan.

Carlsbad, Calif.-based Alphatec Spine will show off its product portfolio at the EuroSpine 2013 meeting Oct. 2 to 4 in Liverpool, U.K.