Surgery Partners feeling no pinch from macroeconomic weakness
Surgery Partners Inc. NASDAQ: SGRY is a leading healthcare services provider that owns and operates over 180 outpatient surgical centers in 31 states. Its integrated delivery model includes surgical facilities and ancillary services comprised of anesthesia services and multi-specialty physician…#surgerypartnersinc #sgry #anesthesia #hcahealthcareinc #surgerypartners #outpatient #q32023eps #yoy #ytd #ericevans (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A new therapy for Ukraine ’s scarred soldiers: ketamine
I should probably not have survived to tell his tale. The military psychologist and medic was evacuating comrades in early 2023 when his jeep was hit by a Russian tank shell. He suffered injuries to his eyes and heart, and was left barely able to communicate. Operations saved his heart and vision.…#russian #vladislavmatrenitsky #ukraine #drmatrenitsky #soviet #anaesthesia #healthministry #kseniyavoznіtsyna #forestglade #msvoznіtsyna (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
You Can ’t Have Healthy People On a Sick Planet
About a year ago, I was declared cancer-free after four months of chemotherapy at Providence St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif. I had been diagnosed with low-grade B cell non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. This was not my first encounter with cancer. I’d had breast cancer a number of years prior, which was treated with radiation and then a full mastectomy. I realize I’m lucky. I had caring, attentive doctors and nurses who saved my life. I also realize how much progress has been made in cancer research and I am deeply grateful.
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Yet despite that, cancer has...
Source: TIME: Health - January 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jane Fonda Tags: Uncategorized climate change Climate Is Everything Source Type: news
No Laughing Matter: Nitrous Oxide for Transrectal Prostate Biopsy
(MedPage Today) -- Patient-adjusted nitrous oxide (N2O), commonly called laughing gas, did not reduce anxiety associated with transrectal prostate biopsy but significantly reduced pain as compared with standard anesthesia, a small randomized study... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - January 12, 2024 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
Racial Disparities Persist in General Anesthesia Rates for C-Section
TUESDAY, Jan. 9, 2024 -- Racial disparities in the rates of general anesthesia use persist among patients undergoing cesarean delivery, according to a study published online Jan. 9 in JAMA Network Open.
Caroline Leigh Thomas, M.D., from the... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 10, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Providence Health's Portland hospitals slowly emerging from anesthesiology crisis
After switch in anesthesiology providers led to disruptions in procedures, two Providence hospitals are getting back on track, the medical director says. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - January 9, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Elizabeth Hayes Source Type: news
Brain MRI and histopathological findings following a heatstroke [letter] - Yang T, Li X, Li J.
There is currently lacking comparative studies on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and histopathology of heatstroke. A specific artificial climate incubator was used to induce heatstroke mouse model. Both experimental mouse and healthy control were anesthe... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
FDA looking into reports of hair loss, suicidal thoughts in people using popular drugs for diabetes and weight loss
Well, the FDA is looking into reports of hair loss and suicidal thoughts linked to the use of popular diabetes and weight loss drugs. People who take medications like Ozempic and mago may be at risk for these side effect on its website. The FDA reported that it is evaluating the need for…#fda #glp1 #ozempic #saxenda #faers #ariskevaluation #anesthesia #novonordisk (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Envision, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas keep radiologists in-network
National medical group Envision Healthcare has renewed a multiyear, statewide agreement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) to keep Envision's radiologists in-network for commercial, Managed Medicare, and Managed Medicaid members. In 2021, Envision had a team of 800 radiologists conducting more than 10 million reads per year. Nashville-based Envision Healthcare provides physician and advanced practice provider services, primarily in the areas of emergency and hospitalist medicine, anesthesiology, radiology and teleradiology, and neonatology. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 5, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Noble Aesthetics Awarded First and Only Patent For a Second Generation Digital Conscious Sedation Device for Private Practices and Acute Settings
Noble Aesthetics LLC, a developer of advanced medical devices, is pleased to announce the issuance and awarding of its patent US 11,819,624 B2 "Systems and Methods of Transforming Fluid Flow of An Inhalant Anesthetic to Expedite Patient Recovery" on November 21, 2023. The Company has... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - January 4, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PLW Source Type: news
Woman Sues Dentist After Getting 4 Root Canals, 8 Crowns and 20 Fillings in 1 Visit
The Minnesota woman said the dental work, performed in one day in July 2020, caused her “pain and suffering, embarrassment, emotional distress and disfigurement.” (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Johnny Diaz Tags: Teeth and Dentistry Suits and Litigation (Civil) Ethics and Official Misconduct Compensation for Damages (Law) Anesthesia and Anesthetics Eden Prairie (Minnesota) Molldrem, Kevin Wilson, Kathleen Pain Source Type: news
The Inner Circle Acknowledges, Orlando G. Florete Jr. MD as a Pinnacle Lifetime Member
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Prominently featured in The Inner Circle, Orlando G. Florete Jr. MD is acknowledged as a Pinnacle Lifetime Member for his contributions to the Anesthesiologist industry. Dr. Orlando Florete, Jr., a highly regarded anesthesiologist and... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - January 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PER AWD Source Type: news
What we talk about when we talk about giving up
We give things up when we believe we can change; we give up when we believe we can ’tIn the ordinary way of things, when people say that they are giving up, they are usually referring to something like smoking, or alcohol, or chocolate, or any of the other anaesthetic pleasures of everyday life; they are not, on the whole, talking about suicide (though people do tend to want to give up only their supposedly self-harming habits). Giving up certain things may be good for us, and yet the idea of someone just giving up is never appealing. Like alcoholics who need everybody to drink, there tends to be a determined cultural co...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 2, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Adam Phillips Tags: Psychology Smoking Alcoholism Sugar Source Type: news
A real sticky situation! Doctors baffled as probe pulled out of man's throat has GUM on it
Anaesthetists, who put the patient to sleep for the procedure then shared that the unidentified 69-year-old, from New Hampshire, was chewing gum before the op. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Woman who had decay on ‘virtually every tooth in her mouth’ sues dentist after receiving 4 root canals, 20 fillings, 8 crowns in a single visit
A Minnesota woman has sued her dentist after receiving four root canals, eight dental crowns and 20 fillings in a single visit that she says led to her disfigurement. Kathleen Wilson filed the lawsuit last week in Hennepin County District Court, accusing Dr. Kevin Molldrem of Molldrem Family…#minnesota #kathleenwilson #kevinmolldrem #edenprairie #wilson #anesthesia #startribune #nathanielweimer #avrumgoldstein #florida (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
