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Adolph H. "Buddy" Giesecke Jr., MD, an anesthesiologist who treated President John F. Kennedy in a Dallas hospital's emergency room, has died at 79, according to a Sun Times report.

Jeanette Brown, director of business development for Somnia Anesthesia, addresses five questions pertaining to the topic of the anesthesia request for proposal process.

Robotic and open surgery for prostate cancer had similar rates of adverse effects, according to a study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Here is a graph showing the distribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by age across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to statistics provided by Kaiser State Health Facts.

Seton Southwest Hospital in Austin, Texas, has held a groundbreaking to kick off its $8.2 million expansion project.

Electra (Texas) Memorial Hospital has broken ground for an $11.4 million expansion project that is expected to be complete in April 2013, according to a Times Record News report.

Doctors Hospital in Grand Forks (N.D.), part of the physician-owned Physicians Hospital System based in Mishawaka, Ind., is expected to open this February, according to a Grand Forks Herald report.

Service employees at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, Calif., will vote today on whether to decertify from the Service Employees International Union today, according to a Los Altos Town Crier report.

Beryl has undergone a name change to BerylHealth to better reflect expanding product offerings and technological upgrades designed to help hospitals enhance the patient experience.

Utah Rep. Paul Ray (R-Clearfield) has introduced legislation that would require smokers on Medicaid to pay higher co-payments, according to a Salt Lake Tribune report.