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Researchers at the University of Arizona are working to create a camera that could give surgeons a better view during laparoscopic, or minimally invasive, surgery.

Dr. Mike Nguyen, a urologist and UA associate professor of surgery, and Hong Hua, a UA professor of optical sciences, have teamed up with the goal of creating a camera that will allow surgeons to view both wide angle and high-resolution, close-up images simultaneously using a single, integrated probe.

A provision of the so-called "fiscal cliff" legislation would encourage healthcare providers to use electronic registries to do quality reporting, notes Peter Orszag, former director of the Office of Management and Budget, in a recent Bloomberg article. Orszag interprets this provision as promoting registries to improve the quality of care, partly by comparing the outcomes of different treatments. However, the evidence points to a more targeted agenda, at least in the short term.

After three years of aggressive efforts to regulate tobacco products, the Obama administration largely stopped during the 2012 election year, according to a new report from the leading lung health advocacy group.

In her “State of the State” address today, Gov. Jan Brewer said she has agreed to expand Arizona’s Medicaid program, which will inject $2 billion into the state’s economy.