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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.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists has named James C. Eisenach, MD, winner of the 2013 Excellence in Research Award, according to a Winston-Salem Journal report.

The National Institutes of Health gave $8.6 million in renewed grant support over five years to scientists at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia to uncover the mechanisms behind inhaled anesthetics.

Amerinet, national healthcare solutions organization, announced it has signed an agreement with Sunrise, Fla.-based Sheridan Healthcare for anesthesia outsourcing services.

EASTAR Health System, formerly known as Muskogee (Okla.) Regional Medical Center, has opened the doors of a new bariatric surgery and healthy lifestyle program, according to a report from the Muskogee Phoenix.

Biloxi Regional Medical Center announced that it has added Paul J. Harris, MD, to its active medical staff and to Biloxi Anesthesiology.  

Eighty-eight percent of anesthesiologists believe that their job, which pays well, is meaningful, according to a Forbes report.

Combined spinal epidural anesthesia provides better pain control during the first stages of child labor compared with traditional epidural labor analgesia, according to a recent article in Anesthesia-Analgesia.