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A rising number of injuries linked to robotic surgery has been reported to Massachusetts health officials, spurring the state to call for better oversight on training and more disclosure to patients on potential risks.

CIAB, the Hartford, Argus Denta, ikaSystems, Nimbe and the Segal Company, Ltd. all announce personnel moves. Check to see if a colleague is mentioned today.

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Illinois teachers would be asked to choose between pension increase and retiree health under a measure that was adopted by the state’s senate this week. The bill’s impact is a matter of dispute. Illinois’ pension system is the most under-funded state system in the country.

The Labor Department provides more rationale to guide clients to best-in-class asset managers. But consider the case for “quasi-customization.”

Drug spending declined 1.5% last year, according to Express Scripts’ most recent drug trend report, fueled in part by the release of many lower-cost generic drugs. The cost of generic medications dropped last year by 24%, while the cost of the most-used brand name drugs increased by 12.5%, the widest disparity in the past five years, according to the pharmacy benefit manager. Here are 10 of the top brand-name drugs that lost their patents in 2012. [Images: Shutterstock]

About 2% of American school children were diagnosed with autism disorders in 2011 and 2012, a 72 percent increase from the previous five years, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Growth strategies aimed at baby boomers may be losing their effectiveness among younger consumers, as the population becomes more racially and ethnically diverse, according to “Life-Annuity Consumer Markets Annual,” from Conning and Company, an insurance asset management group.

Caffeine levels should be reduced in energy drinks because of health risks, particularly to children, doctors wrote the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The report card, developed by Catalyst for Payment Reform and the Health Care Incentives Improvement Initiative (HCI³), examined multiple transparency factors on a 100-point scale.