A recent study published in Health Affairs found states that legalized medical marijuana saw a slight decrease in Medicare prescription use and Medicare Part D spending, Kaiser Health News reported.
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Autopsy results released Thursday show Prince Rogers Nelson, the music legend commonly known as Prince, died from fentanyl toxicity.
Independent Blue Cross and Culver City, Calif.-based NantHealth have agreed to provide insurance coverage for a comprehensive whole genome and proteome diagnostic platform to diagnose molecular differences in an individual's cancer and identify personalized therapies.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration awarded 15 grants, totaling more than $19 million, for the development of medical device, drug and biological products for patients suffering with rare diseases.
Personalized medicine — using genomic information to inform medical treatment decisions — is no doubt the future of healthcare. Having a patient's detailed genetic information and using it to inform clinical decision making will reduce diagnostic error and improve treatment…
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Dallas-based Pinnacle Anesthesia and Orlando-based JLR Medical Group announced that they will join Greater Houston Anesthesiology as founding partners in U.S. Anesthesia Partners, an anesthesia-focused physician services organization.
In 2013, more than 35 million Medicare beneficiaries were enrolled in Medicare drug plans, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report.
Avastin and Lucentis: two drugs with roughly the same molecular structure, both manufactured by the same drugmaker. One is approved to treat cancer, the other wet age-related macular degeneration. However, their prices differ greatly, and their maker, Genentech, a division…
Mount Carmel West hospital in Columbus, Ohio, is ending its contract with Consultant Anesthesiology in Columbus and will begin a three-year contract with Alpharetta, Ga.-based Premier Anesthesia Feb. 1, according to a report by The Columbus Dispatch.
The rate of anesthesia use in screening colonoscopies has increased in both physicians' offices and ambulatory surgery centers, according to a whitepaper released by Truven Health Analytics.