The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel today voted 9 for and 4 against on safety and 10 for and 3 against on effectiveness, that data including results from a large, prospective randomized clinical trial demonstrated the safety and effectiveness of AMPLIFY rhBMP-2 Matrix for fusions of the lower spine in ...

NASHVILLE - Tennesseans oppose the national health care reform law enacted by Congress at the urging of President Barack Obama by a margin of almost 2-to-1, according to a recent poll.

Health insurance companies, including several in Oklahoma, are no longer offering "child only" policies.

State tax revenue is improving, but only slightly, and may not be enough to end steep spending cuts or replace the loss of assistance from the federal stimulus plan that expires in December, according to a report on Tuesday.

A review of scientific studies that compares two treatments for preventing strokes due carotid artery disease provides no clear answer on which treatment is better, a UT Southwestern Medical Center physician reports in an editorial in today's issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine .

Legislation passed with Pennsylvania's new budget includes a pair of changes that tax hospitals for the first time while boosting hospital reimbursement for treating people on Medicaid.