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1. Goes both ways
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... scalpel who creates such a scenario. Also, I have worked with many surgeons who 'ship out' a very complex case. So, MDs as well as CRNAs have their limits and know when to 'ship out', request further ...

2. Surgeons try to attach Calif. husband’s cut off penis while wife faces life in prison
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... a penile prosthetic. With the prosthesis, the victim is able to urinate, have sexual relations and ejaculate. In the event surgeons are unable to reattach the original member, plastic surgeons, specializing ...

3. IBM’s Watson computer wins on ‘Jeopardy!’ but has future without games shows (VIDEO)
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... of Physicians and Surgeons, says Watson will process the patient's ailments and rapidly scan medical journals, textbooks and a host of other reference material in search of a treatment, using the same ...

4. Wow, amazing amount of residents posing as nurses
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... practitioner orders anesthesia, the supervision ends there. That IS autonomous practice and for those who don't know Anesthesiologists also work with surgeons who order anesthesia. As for all the stories ...

5. Par for the course
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... within a major city center. Since then the efficiency in the OR has increased by 40%, anesthesia complication decreased by 10% and the admin, surgeons, OR nurses and PACU nurses are happier than they have ...

6. Who trains them?
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Who trains CRNAs? A lot of the training is done by M.D. Who has written all the well known texts, "Millers Anestheisa" used by CRNA? An M.D. Who stands up to surgeons in dangerous situations?. In my old ...

7. Handlin, Rayner push to reform medical malpractice in N.J.
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... who are presumed guilty until proven innocent. "I have been concerned about the loss of doctors, particularly OB/GYNs and general surgeons for some time," said Handlin. "This bill is the beginning of ...

8. Titanium implant (X-Stop) can help patients with stenosis avoid or delay spine surgery
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... where there are enough surgeons throughout the country who are doing this procedure and believe it's safe to go to the public and, with confidence, say the X-Stop implant works well," said Marc Malberg, ...

9. N.J. hospitals have 98 percent cardiac surgery survival rate
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... rate. The Health Department risk-adjusts all hospital and surgeon rates to, in effect, give "extra credit" to those treating sicker patients. Rates are reported for individual surgeons who have performed ...

10. N.J. surgeon Gregg Zimmerman helps lead kidney cancer fight with robotic surgery
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... nights), less blood loss, less pain and a quicker recovery. *Partial Nephrectomy: By finding cancer at earlier stages, and at smaller sizes, surgeons are now able to remove the tumors, sparing a significant ...

11. Bathtub caulk butt jobs land N.J. women in hospital
(Health/Healthquest)

...  This procedure is fairly uncommon, according to Gregory Borah, chief of plastic surgery at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and president of the New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons. He told ...

12. NIH stroke study finds stenting and surgery safe, effective
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... 'Who should do this procedure?' Vascular surgeons are not trained to do stents, but coronary doctors are not trained to work in the carotid? This technique is a marriage of skills," said Dr. Goldstein. ...

13. Hope for Haiti with Navy hospital ship on the way
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... psychiatrists and a variety of surgeons. They boarded the ship in the port of Baltimore Friday evening, arriving there on short notice from across the United States. Now, they are cruising toward Haiti ...

14. New Jersey military officer will raise awareness for tissue donation in Rose Bowl parade
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... Transplant Foundation, the nation's largest tissue bank, changes lives by connecting donors with surgeons and transplant recipients. As a non-profit service organization, MTF is dedicated to providing ...

15. Reply to "This is Balanced"
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... muskuloskeletal surgeons as the most "ethically challenged" in American medicine - and the imaging industry is a huge part of that. ...

16. Joseph Cryan: Learn from my mistakes and strip the cosmetic tax provision from the health care reform bill
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Society of Plastic Surgeons conducted a survey of people planning to have cosmetic surgery within the next two years. Sixty percent of respondents reported an annual household income of $30,000-$90,000 ...

17. The best way to begin ski and snowboard season: The ‘Bumps for Boomers Ski and Ride Exercise Series'
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... perhaps the best way you can guarantee smooth sailing through moguls and halfpipes is to begin a pre-season exercise program right now. Here's how. According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, ...

18. New Jersey's first two African-American legislators remembered at Statehouse
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... of Physicians and Surgeons, Alexander settled in Orange, where he practiced medicine for the remainder of his life. During his terms, Alexander sponsored eight bills, most notably, a measure to broaden ...

19. Mammogram debate: Politics and breast cancer have a history
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... of Physicians & Surgeons and author of "The Breast Cancer Wars: Hope, Fear and the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth-Century America." He discussed the history of the politics and the science of breast ...

20. How you can win the war on belly fat
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BY MICHAEL W. SMITH, CPT, M.S. NEWERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Most of us aren't like the celebrities we see on TV who have their plastic surgeons, trainers and nutritionists on speed dial so it can be a little ...