It's not too late to start preparing for ICD-10. The codes take effect October 1, 2013, but private and public payers, insurers, vendors, medical associations, and others have already launched transition programs. Physicians need to follow suit. Read More...

Robotic surgery has become integral to urology and other specialties, but not to otolaryngology — yet. After a slow start in 2005, more than 40 robotic otolaryngology surgery papers have been published in the past three years, said David Terris, MD. Read More...

James Christopher Post, MD, PhD, has been studying biofilms for the better part of 20 years, looking to define the underlying cause of infection to stop it. Read More...

The American Thyroid Association (ATA) Guidelines for differentiated thyroid cancer caused a lot of hand-wringing and consternation September 14 as an expert panel tried to agree on their usefulness. Read More...

New guidelines for the treatment of sudden hearing loss in adults for use by all medical specialties were discussed by a panel and a room packed with an engaged audience on the last day of the AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting, September 14. Read More...