Health Care Providers & Specialties

Excess body fat in people over age 50 can lead to hardening of the arteries and an increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, according to a U.K. study in the journal Hypertension. Researche… Read More

The American Cancer Society has given the nursing school at the University of Alabama a $720,000 grant for a four-year study of phone-based delivery of palliative care. "The patients who underwent thi… Read More

Arley Long, a nurse practitioner at the Tinian Health Center in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, won a 2013 AANP State Award for Excellence. Long lobbied the CNMI legislature to amend… Read More

U.S. researchers looked at 9,424 children and teens who were taken to an emergency department for abdominal pain and found that nearly 20% of them were diagnosed with constipation. Appendicitis was mo… Read More

HHS announced $1 billion in grants to improve the delivery of health care and reduce costs. The new areas for improvement, including care for people with special needs, will be the target of the secon… Read More

Coffee consumption was linked to a lower risk of developing an autoimmune liver disease called primary sclerosing cholangitis, Mayo Clinic researchers found. However, they found that regular coffee dr… Read More

AOPA has filed suit against the CMS over auditing activities it called "unfair," claiming the Office of Inspector General falsely alleged fraud in the O&P industry. AOPA claims an OIG report disregard… Read More

The five-year cure rate for "slow Mohs" excision of lentigo maligna melanoma is near 100%, compared with a 20% recurrence rate with standard excision, dermatologist Ellen Marmur said at the Hawaii Der… Read More

Men are somewhat more likely than women and white patients are significantly more likely than nonwhite patients to adhere to a statin regimen, according to a study published in the American Heart Jour… Read More

Treatment of heartworm disease can cost as much as $1,000 for bigger dogs, much more than the cost of monthly preventive medication, notes veterinarian Melissa James. The health costs to dogs are high… Read More

A review of research found that bed rest is does not help to prevent premature birth and should be considered an unproven treatment that is not prescribed except for research purposes. An analysis of … Read More

High-intensity "exergaming" was as effective as moderate-intensity exercise in improving energy expenditures in children, while low-intensity exergaming showed results comparable to those of low-inten… Read More

Ohio's Republican-led Legislature appears unlikely to expand Medicaid as part of the state budget, but Republican Gov. John Kasich said he is not giving up. Some groups are calling for a state referen… Read More

Data from the Listening to Mothers III survey by Harris Interactive documented overuse of procedures such as labor induction and cesarean delivery among pregnant women, while beneficial services inclu… Read More

Getting physically fit in middle age was associated with a lower risk of developing heart failure later in life, a study found. Researchers followed more than 9,000 people for 18 years and found that … Read More

Plastic surgery procedures today are all about getting results quicker and easier than ever before. From non-invasive fat removal to no longer sweating, it's now possible with state-of-the-art technol… Read More

In a substudy of CREST trial data presented at the SCAI 2013 Scientific Sessions, researchers found that carotid artery stenting followed by balloon angioplasty cut restenosis risk by 64% but carried … Read More

The Texas Senate approved and sent to the governor a bill to create accreditation standards that would be used to rank hospital NICUs based on quality of care. HB 15 would implement interim findings o… Read More

The China Food and Drug Administration has adopted measures to enhance its process for medical device classification, including setting up a system to allow firms to submit their product classificatio… Read More

Bipolar disorder -– where patients experience recurrent episodes of mood disturbance, ranging from extreme elation (mania) to severe depression -- is thought to affect roughly 2% of the world's popu… Read More

Does your work reflect a multidisciplinary approach to pain? The APS Scientific Program Committee invites submissions of symposium proposals for presentation at the 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting Apri… Read More