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St. Clair hospital today announced that minimally invasive surgeon Antonio J. Ripepi, M.D., F.A.C.S. performed what is believed to be the first Single Incision Laparoscopic surgical procedure in Western Pennsylvania. Using the new technique, Dr. Ripepi successfully removed the gallbladder of a 21-year-old female patient at St. Clair Hospital on Monday, October 20. The patient went home about five hours after the cholecystectomy and returned to everyday activities without delay.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Montezuma's revenge may be tamed by an investigational fluoroquinolone antibiotic, a researcher said here.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The worst of the national Clostridium difficile epidemic is yet to come, researchers cautioned here.

Patients who report receiving written and verbal instructions on the proper way to take the blood thinner warfarin are significantly less likely to suffer the serious gastrointestinal and brain bleeding problems that are associated with misuse of the drug, according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania School of medicine.