Zimmer Spine, a provider of musculoskeletal health solutions, has launched its Puros demineralized bone matrix (DBM) block and strip in the US, designed to stimulate natural bone formation processes in spine surgical procedures. Puros ...
The Washington Post: Making Progress On Inequality Intense as it is, the current debate over rising income inequality is hardly new. ... The good news is that there's more good news than one might expect. ... In addition to avoiding ...
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Benvenue Medical, a medical device company, has obtained 510(k) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Kiva VCF treatment system for the reduction and treatment of spinal fractures. The FDA marketing clearance is ...
Seven new bedding-related sources will be exhibiting in their own showrooms for the first time at the Winter Las Vegas Market, further strengthening the market’s position as the international hub for the bedding industry and the ...
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Globus Medical, a musculoskeletal implant manufacturer, has announced the acquisition of Excelsius Surgical, the developer of a next generation surgical robotic positioning platform for spine, brain and therapeutic markets. The company ...
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ArthroCare Corp. of Austin, TX will pay $30 million to settle securities fraud-related charges with the U.S. Department of Justice, the DOJ recently announced. Federal prosecutors say shareholders lost more than $400 million in mid-2008 ...
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Stryker Corp. recently announced that it has inked an exclusive sales partnership with Samsung subsidiary NeuroLogica, which has a full body, portable CT scanner. Stryker will promote and sell NeuroLogica's BodyTom portable full body CT ...
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MEDNAX, Inc., (NYSE: MD) today announced the acquisition of Summit Anesthesia Associates, P.A., a physician group practice primarily based in Summit, New Jersey. The practice will become part of MEDNAX's American Anesthesiology division and ...
Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) and UCB (Euronext Brussels:UCB) today announced results from a Phase 2 trial evaluating romosozumab (AMG 785/CDP7851) in postmenopausal women with low bone mineral density (BMD). Published in the New England Journal of ...
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Loyola University Medical Center physicians Christopher Loftus, MD and Jos- Biller, MD are co-editors of a new comprehensive guide to monitoring neural function during brain and spine surgery. The 416-page text, Intraoperative ...
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For patients with herniated discs in the lower (lumbar) spine, surgery leads to greater long-term improvement in pain, functioning, and disability compared to nonsurgical treatment, concludes an eight year follow-up study in Spine. The ...
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The early management of acute thoracolumbar spine and spinal cord injury is one of the most difficult tasks when treating trauma cases. To standardize the evaluation and treatment of acute thoracolumbar spinal injury, the Chinese ...
After seeing its revenue fall over the past years, Boston Scientific is looking to boost its bottom line in China. The company is adding employees in China and is debuting surgeon-training centers there, according to a Wall Street Journal ...
The Ohio Third Frontier Commission, a state economic development initiative, recently approvedmore than $12.8 million in funds to promote cutting-edge biotechnology, including a neurostimulation device to enhance breathing and a spine ...
Older men with low levels of vitamin B-12 are at increased risk for bone fractures, a new study suggests. Researchers measured the levels of vitamin B-12 in 1,000 Swedish men with an average age of 75. They found that participants with ...