Feature Profiles

Physician Assistant Still going Strong after Knee Replacement at 76

Apr 12, 2019 at 05:10 pm by steve

Most people don't continue working at the age of 76. And most people don't get both knees replaced at the same time. And certainly, most people don't return to work two weeks.... Read More

Business

North Alabama Medical Center Grows into its New Home

Apr 12, 2019 at 04:45 pm by steve

As the worldwide influenza epidemic of 1918 swept through Alabama's Tri-Cities, young Eliza Coffee was one of the many who were lost. The area's hospital was named in her memo.... Read More

Business

Clinical Labs Beware: Review Your Marketing Arrangements

Apr 12, 2019 at 04:42 pm by steve

On October 24, 2018, Congress enacted the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act of 2018 (EKRA). EKRA is part of the "Support for Patients and Communities Act," comprehensive l.... Read More

Clinical

Home Dialysis Can Be Life Changing for End Stage Renal Patients

Apr 12, 2019 at 04:16 pm by steve

End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), or permanent kidney failure, affects almost 750,000 people per year in the United States, and the patient population is increasing by five perc.... Read More

Clinical

Ending the Allergy March

Apr 12, 2019 at 03:13 pm by steve

"Each rising generation is appearing to be more allergic than the next," says John Anderson, MD, an allergist with Alabama Allergy. Between 1997 and 2011, the prevalence of fo.... Read More