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Malpractice Verdicts Often Favor Physicians

Physicians come out on the winning end of 80% of malpractice claims that end in jury verdicts, according to researchers at Massachusetts General Hos...

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A CT-scan-based, laxative-free "virtual colonoscopy" may be as effective as standard colonoscopy in finding potentially cancerous polyps, according ...

Wrong-Site Prevention Video Shows the Right Way

Wrong-site, wrong-patient and wrong-procedure surgery must be prevented at all costs. The 3 steps of the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol make ...

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What's New in Minimally Invasive GERD Treatment.

Yasmine Iqbal

Not long ago, patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease had two choices: a lifelong regimen of costly drugs or invasive fundoplication surgery. In large part because neither therapy with proton pump inhibitors or Nissen fundoplication is ideal, laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery is gaining in popularity among gastroenterologists and general surgeons for severe GERD.

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