Health Care Providers & Specialties

Payments based on quality measures accounted for 3% of total compensation for primary care physicians and 2% for specialists, according to data from more than 61,000 physicians included in a Medical G… Read More

Listen to the audio from Drs. David and Debbie Oliver's moving 2013 AAHPM & HPNA Annual Assembly plenary presentation and learn what a patient and caregiver need from palliative care, what their cance… Read More

Obese teenagers had a higher risk of sensorineural hearing loss across all frequencies than their normal-weight peers, according to a study in The Laryngoscope. The findings suggest that obese adolesc… Read More

Approximately 97% of toilet-related crush injuries in the U.S., in which the penis is trapped between the lid and the bowl, involved children aged 7 and younger between 2002 and 2010, according to a s… Read More

A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress said readmission penalties for hospitals that treat high numbers of poor patients are too harsh. The commission recommended Medicare change th… Read More

An analysis of data from the Nurses' Health Study found that living in areas with the highest levels of diesel particulates or mercury during pregnancy was associated with increased risk of having a c… Read More

Above-knee amputee Chris Bairstow is the first person in Delaware, and one of only a few dozen in the U.S., to wear an advanced prosthetic knee and leg called Power Knee. The Power Knee, manufactured … Read More

Only half of the 2,365 U.S. physicians surveyed by the American Medical Association Insurance Agency say they review their finances quarterly, and nearly half said they are behind in retirement planni… Read More

The FDA issued new security guidelines for manufacturers on a range of medical devices after analysts discovered vital equipment, including pacemakers and computers used to view CT scans, is vulnerabl… Read More

Veterinarian Larry Koehler, who worked on the staff at Jensen's Animal Hospital in Michigan even before attending veterinary school, is marking 40 years in practice and says he still finds his work en… Read More

Overweight and obese women are more likely to deliver their babies preterm, and the higher the mother's body mass index, the greater the risk of extremely preterm delivery, suggests a new study in the… Read More

Lorcaserin plus diet and exercise was associated with greater weight loss and A1C improvements at one year in patients without diabetes, compared with placebo, a pooled analysis revealed. However, lor… Read More

Truman Medical Centers in Kansas City, Mo., is spending $6 million on an expanded cancer treatment center intended to increase comfort and convenience for patients. Truman is one of the Midwest Cancer… Read More

Babies who received inhaled racemic adrenaline for acute bronciolitis were no less likely to need nasogastric-tube feeding, supplemental oxygen or ventilators than the inhaled saline group, according … Read More

Researchers from University College London analyzed data and found a causal association between low levels of vitamin D and hypertension. They reported findings at the European Society of Human Geneti… Read More

Smaller margins are required with Mohs micrographic surgery when removing nonmelanoma facial skin cancers compared with conventional excision, according to a study published in JAMA Facial Plastic Sur… Read More

Although overall risk remains low, a large meta-analysis confirms that heart attack and stroke risk among people who use high doses of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on a daily basis is up to on… Read More

Kentucky hospitals are adding NICU beds since the state revised its health care plan to allow the additional space and added a fourth NICU designation. Hospitals are asking the state for permission to… Read More

National Health IT Coordinator Dr. Farzad Mostashari confirmed at the HIMSS Media ICD-10 Forum that the deadline for moving to ICD-10 codes, set for Oct. 1, 2014, will not be moved again. Mostashari s… Read More

U.S. researchers looked at more than 1,700 childhood cancer survivors and found that 98% of them had at least one chronic health condition as they became adults. The most common chronic ailment was ab… Read More

The call for applications for the 2013 Future Leaders in Pain Research Grants program is now open. This grant program was established to fund pain research projects of doctoral-prepared investigators … Read More