Large, for-profit dialysis facilities appear to administer higher than necessary amounts of a medication for treating anemia in patients with kidney disease, compared to nonprofit facilities, according to a study in the April 18 issue of JAMA.
Surgery is about to change with the introduction of a new surgical robotic system at the University of Calgary/Calgary Health Region. NeuroArm aims to revolutionize neurosurgery and other branches of operative medicine by liberating them from the constraints of the human hand.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed recommendations to Congress for reauthorizing the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA II), which, if adopted, would help to ensure that safe and effective medical devices get to patients in a timely manner.
The increase in shift-work among junior doctors could have a detrimental effect on the NHS of the future warns a junior doctor in this week?s BMJ.
Yerkes researchers are using their findings to better understand sex differences in cognitive performance, which may lead to increased understanding of the difference in neuropsychological disorders men and women experience.
?Medical indemnity premiums have fallen for the third year in a row meaning professional cover remains both available and affordable for doctors,? Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer, Peter Dutton, said.
In the first published nationwide survey of state Medicaid programs on “pay-for-performance” practices, more than half of all programs state that they provide financial incentives to health care providers for better quality care.
The development of a drug to treat memory loss would be a reality very soon as researchers revealed that a mind-altering mutation in mice results in an enhanced long-term memory.
A mind-altering mutation in mice results in an enhanced long-term memory, researchers report in the April 6, 2007 issue of the journal Cell, published by Cell Press.
iCAD, Inc. (Nasdaq: ICAD), an industry-leading provider of Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) solutions for the early identification of cancer, commented on an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine entitled, “Influence of Computer Aided Detection on Performance of Screening.” CAD uses sophisticated algorithms to identify areas of interest on a mammography film, acting as a “second set of eyes” for the radiologist.