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Extremities
Examining the safety of outpatient surgery centers
NINA SINGH-RADCLIFF, MD | PHYSICIAN | OCTOBER 3, 2014 The unexpected death of Joan Rivers at 81 years of age…
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Recon
Acupuncture fails to hit the mark for chronic knee pain
By Lucy Piper, Senior medwireNews Reporter 06 October 2014 JAMA 2014; 312: 1313–1322 medwireNews: Research findings do not support the…
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Financial
Becton Dickinson to buy CareFusion for $12 billion in cash, stock
BY DEENA BEASLEY (Reuters) – Medical equipment supplier Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX.N) has agreed to buy CareFusion Corp (CFN.N),…
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Financial
Nevro registers $100m IPO
October 6, 2014 by Alexander Soule Nevro plans to raise more than $100 million in an initial public offering of…
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Financial
Biotech companies feel the need for speed: Cue big data analytics startups
October 3, 2014 2:19 pm by Stephanie Baum Biotech companies are looking for ways to speed up drug discovery and…
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FDA Invents: How technology transfer gets FDA inventions from lab to marketplace
By: Alice Welch, Ph.D. If you think the term “government invention” is an oxymoron—well, think again. You may be surprised…
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Spine
The T1 Pelvic Angle, a Novel Radiographic Measure of Global Sagittal Deformity, Accounts for Both Spinal Inclination and Pelvic Tilt and Correlates with Health-Related Quality of Life
Themistocles Protopsaltis, MD; Frank Schwab, MD; Nicolas Bronsard, MD; Justin S. Smith, MD, PhD; EricKlineberg, MD; Gregory Mundis, MD; Devon…
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Hospitals
House Passes Legislation that Both Repeals and Refunds the 2.3% Device Excise Tax
BY ANDREW VAHRADIAN, SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 In the last action till after the mid-term elections in November, the U.S. House…
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Spine
AxioMed Spine Corp. is up for sale
By CHUCK SODER October 03, 2014 2:58 PM AxioMed Spine Corp. has been put up for sale by its senior…
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Spine
VertiFlex Secures $6,000,000 New Financing
Date10/2/2014 Company NameVertiFlex Mailing Address1351 Calle Avanzado San Clemente, CA 92673 USA Company DescriptionFounded in Carlsbad, California in 2005, VertiFlex…
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Recon
FREE JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGERY FOR NEEDY
Biloine W. Young • Wed, October 1st, 2014 Christmas will arrive early for a few joint replacement patients who will…
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Financial
Exclusive – Facebook plots first steps into healthcare
BY CHRISTINA FARR AND ALEXEI ORESKOVIC (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) already knows who your friends are and the kind…
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Hospitals
Medical device tax: A hat trick of futility
October 3, 2014 by Brian Johnson The medical device tax has achieved such a hat trick of futility that you…
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Hospitals
SUNSHINE ACT DISCLOSURES OFF TO CLOUDY START
Walter Eisner • Wed, October 1st, 2014 Ready or not and 33% incomplete, CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)…
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Hospitals
Judge tosses FDA whistleblowers lawsuit
October 3, 2014 by Brad Perriello A federal judge in Washington tosses a lawsuit filed by FDA whistleblowers who accused…
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