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Gastroenterologist Thomas Noble, MD, has joined Hardeeville (S.C.) Medical Group, according to a Savannah Morning News report.

The University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore announced the groundbreaking of a more than $200 million proton treatment center.

The Department of Health and Human Services has posted an updated National Action Plan to eliminate healthcare-associated infections, which is open for public comment.

A statistical brief released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shows cardiac stent implantation in 2009 accounted for 644,240 hospital stays, amounting to nearly $12 billion nationally.

The American Heart Association announced a new program to improve survival of cardiac arrest.

Academic medical centers may dominate teaching and research, but a growing number of suburban and rural facilities are offering more comprehensive, high-quality oncology servicesThe Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center draws patients to Dallas from around the world. But patients…

Better outcomes at physician-owned cardiac hospitals may be due to their lower patient acuity and higher procedural volumes than general hospitals, according to a study in Health Affairs.

St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham, Ill., is renovating office space at the Prairie Heart Institute into additional exam rooms and nursing support space.

A Las Vegas anesthesiologist has launched a traveling business that promises to cure patients' hangovers in less than an hour, according to a CBS News report.

MedeAnalytics has announced the launch of its Supreme Court Review of Health Reform Resource Center.