A pilot program in six states will use a tactic employed by private insurers that has been heavily criticized for delaying and denying medical care. By Reed Abelson and Teddy Rosenbluth Like millions ...

A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS for short) is a procedure meant to help blood flow more easily through your liver. It’s usually done to treat complications caused by liver damage ...

The authors probed Medicare Part B data to explore outpatient clinical procedures performed by physician associates and nurse practitioners and report the trends from 2014 through 2021. Objective: We ...

The Tenex Procedure is a nonsurgical procedure developed and trademarked by Tenex Health. It helps patients with chronic tendon pain - tendinosis or tendinitis. By using ultrasonic frequencies — or ...

Introduction: Animal cystometry, a process of infusing fluid into the urinary bladder to evoke reflex contractions, is a common way to study the effects of pathology, injury, or experimental therapy ...

Abstract: Cystometry is a standard procedure for the clinical evaluation of lower urinary tract disorders such as detrusor overactivity (DO). The utility of this procedure for DO diagnosis, however, ...

A Central Texas woman is taking back her life by controlling a health issue that affects millions of Americans. According to the American Heart Association, about 30 million Americans have resistant ...

Electrophysiology (EP) procedures are crucial in diagnosing and treating various heart rhythm disorders. They involve a doctor placing thin catheters into the heart to assess its electrical activity.

A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedure is a treatment method used to lower portal hypertension, or excessive pressure in your portal vein. This vein is responsible for ...

Department of Neurological Sciences, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States Male and female wildtype (WT), C57BL/6 mice (3–5 months) (Jackson Labs, Bar Harbor ...