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By: HealthLeaders Media Staff, December 30, 2010
Robotic surgery for upper airway and digestive track malignant tumors is as effective as other minimally invasive surgical techniques based on patient function and survival, according to research published in the Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, December 29, 2010
The federal government's top medical research laboratory either cannot account for about $8.2 million in missing or incorrectly processed government property, an Office of the Inspector General audit has found.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, December 30, 2010
Florida Hospital and Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute have teamed up with Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. to research and evaluate new drug therapies for obesity and its negative health consequences such as diabetes and heart disease.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, December 30, 2010
Allscripts Sunrise Acute Care, Version 5.5 and Sunrise Emergency Care Version 5.5 have been certified as Complete Electronic Health Records for 2011/2012 by the federal government's Certification Commission for Health Information Technology, the company has announced.
By: Jeff Elliot, for HealthLeaders Media, December 29, 2010
A marketing campaign by a respected New England medical center to solicit individuals for bone marrow testing is under scrutiny by Attorneys general in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire after payers cried foul.
By: Jeff Elliott, for HealthLeaders Media, December 29, 2010
It was just last month we reported that health insurers were living the good life with strong balance sheets. That's likely to change soon, however, as certain healthcare reforms kick in.
By: Cora Nucci, for HealthLeaders Media, December 29, 2010
The nation has a growing supply of pediatricians and family physicians, but they are geographically clustered in such a way that nearly 1 million children live in places without access to them.
By: December 16, 2010
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By: February 15, 2011
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