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Contact Congress Over Drug Shortage Issues

A Kentucky congressman is urging surgical facilities to contact their members of Congress and request that they sign his letter demanding changes to...

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State and federal inspection reports of New Jersey's ASCs are now available online, giving patients an opportunity to make more informed choices abo...

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Archive > September, 2007 Vol. VIII, No. 9

Editor's Page

What Did GI Do to Deserve This?

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

"Why are we the big loser as opposed to everyone else?" asks an American College of Gastroenterology rep.

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