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In a new study published in Experimental Biology and Medicine (MayWood), researchers in Berlin, Germany found a way to simultaneously isolate human hepatocytes and non-parenchymal cell fractions, which could be useful for future liver disease models.

The American Board of Internal Medicine announced that it will eliminate the requirement that diplomates certified in specifically designated subspecialties also have to maintain underlying certifications.

From international law firm Arnold & Porter LLP comes a timely column that provides views on current regulatory and legislative topics that weigh on the minds of today’s physicians and health care executives.

Marriage equality laws were associated with increases in employer-sponsored health insurance and reductions in state-funded Medicaid assistance for both men and women in same-sex relationships in New York State, according to recently published data in JAMA.

In a new report, the global liver disease therapeutics market totaled $24.5 billion in 2014, with the U.S. contributing $9.1 billion, and is anticipating a global market of $33.8 billion by 2019, according to a press release.

Thorofare, NJ – Two Wyanoke Group companies, SLACK Incorporated and Association & Meeting Solutions, were presented with a dozen prestigious APEX awards, with Infectious Disease News earning the highest recognition of Grand Award in the category of Websites.

Two new revisions to CMS’ Accountable Care Organization Investment Model will afford more benefits to small practices and rural communities, according to a blog post by Patrick Conway, MD, chief medical officer of CMS.

The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled 6 to 3 in King v. Burwell, stipulating that the Internal Revenue Service may extend tax credits and premium subsidies for health insurance to consumers who purchase insurance through state or federal exchanges under the Affordable Care Act.

The HHS has launched an interactive Geographic Information System tool, the HHS emPOWER Map, that will help community officials plan for the emergency needs of individuals that depend on electrically powered medical equipment in their homes during disaster scenarios, according to a press release.

Global climate change has the potential to overturn much of the last 50 years of progress the world has made in health care if no steps to improve this are taken to tackle the issue, according to a recently published commission in the Lancet.