The material could replace damaged tissue but would biodegrade over time to allow natural tissue to take root, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Maryland, Michigan, and Nevada.
Iowa is the best state in the country to practice medicine overall, according to a new analysis published by WalletHub—but doctors may be happier in other states depending on their priorities.
The researchers say eliminating concurrent use of opioids and benzodiazepines could have prevented an estimated 2,630 deaths related to opioid painkiller overdoses in 2015.
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Tuesday said Republicans would continue trying to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act—even as Senate and White House officials said they would pause repeal efforts for now.
If you ask yourself these five questions leading up to a networking meeting, you'll be less likely to experience awkward silences or uncomfortable exchanges, Dorie Clark writes for Harvard Business Review.
Read the Daily Briefing Q&A with Asaf Bitton, an internist and assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, about what his fellow doctors get wrong about primary care, his debates with surgeon and author Atul Gawande, and more.
The risk of death among septic shock patients was 39.6 percent when hospitals were experiencing a shortage of sepsis drugs—up from about 36 percent when hospitals were not experiencing a shortage, according to a study recently published in JAMA.
The proposed budget cuts are meant to serve as "options" for GOP lawmakers to consider as they work on to fund the government through the current fiscal year.
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