Chicago Public Schools will open the city's first high school focused on educating students for future careers in healthcare, according to a report by Crain's Chicago Business.
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Many areas of the country that had low healthcare spending have been showing a sharp increase in the number of procedures and tests following introduction of new ASCs, cancer treatment centers and diagnostic technology, according to a report by the…
A majority of representatives in the U.S. House wants its leadership to introduce a bill extending extra federal funds to states for Medicaid and other healthcare assistance programs, according to a report by AHA News Now.
Physicians' diagnoses and overall spending levels for Medicare patients vary substantially across U.S. regions, according to two studies in the New England Journal of Medicine.
A study from the University of Munich, using quantitative sensory testing to identify changes in pain sensitivity, found that pain thresholds increased by up to 50 percent in healthy volunteers undergoing acupuncture to the left leg, according to a news…
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A new study from the University of Michigan found that one out of three patients with chronic pain reported using complementary and alternative medicine therapies such as acupuncture and chiropractic visits for pain relief, but socioeconomic factors also play a…
The NIH's National Cancer Institute has awarded six Catholic Health Initiatives' cancer centers $10.4 million to expand research, according to a release from Catholic Health Initiatives.
The CEO of University Medical Center, Las Vegas' public hospital, said the hospital stands to lose tens of millions of dollars a year in federal funds under health reform, according to a report by the Las Vegas Sun.
Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle is expected to sign a bill to help critical access hospitals leverage federal funds and other resources, according to a report by the Beaver Dam Daily Citizen.
A study published in the March issue of the Annals of Emergency Medicine found that patients that use hospital emergency departments at least four times annually are most commonly white and have health insurance and a primary care physician, according…