Health Care Providers & Specialties

Excess body fat in people over age 50 can lead to hardening of the arteries and an increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, according to a U.K. study in the journal Hypertension. Researche… Read More

The American Cancer Society has given the nursing school at the University of Alabama a $720,000 grant for a four-year study of phone-based delivery of palliative care. "The patients who underwent thi… Read More

Arley Long, a nurse practitioner at the Tinian Health Center in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, won a 2013 AANP State Award for Excellence. Long lobbied the CNMI legislature to amend… Read More

U.S. researchers looked at 9,424 children and teens who were taken to an emergency department for abdominal pain and found that nearly 20% of them were diagnosed with constipation. Appendicitis was mo… Read More

Advocare, an independent physicians group, is using daily phone calls from care coordinators to patients as a way to reduce hospital readmissions. The practice has a financial incentive to do so in it… Read More

A tornado struck Moore Medical Center near Oklahoma City on Monday, and patients were being transported to other facilities. All patients had been accounted for, and no injuries had been reported yet … Read More

AOPA has filed suit against the CMS over auditing activities it called "unfair," claiming the Office of Inspector General falsely alleged fraud in the O&P industry. AOPA claims an OIG report disregard… Read More

The five-year cure rate for "slow Mohs" excision of lentigo maligna melanoma is near 100%, compared with a 20% recurrence rate with standard excision, dermatologist Ellen Marmur said at the Hawaii Der… Read More

In the first year following discharge, about 42% of heart failure patients and 26% of myocardial infarction patients died, while readmission rates were 70% and 51%, respectively, according to a study … Read More

Treatment of heartworm disease can cost as much as $1,000 for bigger dogs, much more than the cost of monthly preventive medication, notes veterinarian Melissa James. The health costs to dogs are high… Read More

A review of research found that bed rest is does not help to prevent premature birth and should be considered an unproven treatment that is not prescribed except for research purposes. An analysis of … Read More

An additional hour every week in gym class was linked to a 4.8% reduction in fifth-graders' odds of being obese, according to a study published in the Journal of Health Economics. Researchers noted th… Read More

Ohio's Republican-led Legislature appears unlikely to expand Medicaid as part of the state budget, but Republican Gov. John Kasich said he is not giving up. Some groups are calling for a state referen… Read More

Data from the Listening to Mothers III survey by Harris Interactive documented overuse of procedures such as labor induction and cesarean delivery among pregnant women, while beneficial services inclu… Read More

U.S. senators on Wednesday voted 91-7 to install Marilyn Tavenner as the first confirmed CMS administrator since 2006. Tavenner is a former health system leader and nurse and was secretary of health a… Read More

Plastic surgery procedures today are all about getting results quicker and easier than ever before. From non-invasive fat removal to no longer sweating, it's now possible with state-of-the-art technol… Read More

Approximately 10% of congenital heart defects were associated with spontaneous gene mutations, rather than inherited mutations, according to a study published in the journal Nature. Researchers found … Read More

The Texas Senate approved and sent to the governor a bill to create accreditation standards that would be used to rank hospital NICUs based on quality of care. HB 15 would implement interim findings o… Read More

Makers of new electrical medical devices will need to demonstrate compliance with the ES 60601 3rd Edition, effective June 30, under a new FDA requirement. Compliance applies to submissions for 510(k)… Read More

Bipolar disorder -– where patients experience recurrent episodes of mood disturbance, ranging from extreme elation (mania) to severe depression -- is thought to affect roughly 2% of the world's popu… Read More

Does your work reflect a multidisciplinary approach to pain? The APS Scientific Program Committee invites submissions of symposium proposals for presentation at the 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting Apri… Read More