Medicare's Payment System Harms Medical Innovation
Guest Post by Neil Minkoff, MD.* Medicare's payment system hinders innovation in health care. How? Government is harmful to medical innovation by setting so much of the reimbursement process. By being, by far, the largest payer of healthcare claims in America, the Medicare fee schedule drives the market for all other private payers. In essence, ... (Source: Forbes.com Health News)

Role of flexible transnasal esophagoscopy and patient education in the management of globus pharyngeus.
CONCLUSION: The use of TNE and patient education are efficient management strategies for patients with symptoms of globus pharyngeus and dysphagia. PMID: 22423671 [PubMed - in process] (Source: J Formos Med Assoc)