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Extremities
Shelby County Medical Device Manufacturers Form the Greater Memphis Medical Device Council
Bartlett, TN—On Thursday, July 17, representatives from 17 medical device manufacturers throughout Shelby County met in Bartlett to do something unprecedented…
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Financial
Misonix Investor Relations Exec Charged with Insider Trading by SEC
By MICHAEL CALIA A partner at a New York-based investor-relations firm settled charges that he acted on confidential information to make…
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Spine
Spinal fusion implants enter market amid growing skepticism from insurers
July 22, 2014 | By Varun Saxena With more than 15 510(k)s obtained in 2014, spinal fusion devices rank among the…
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Study: Patients are More Honest With Virtual Humans
Posted in Research and Development by Chris Wiltz on July 16, 2014 A study has shown that patients are more honest with…
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Huge Blow to ObamaCare: Federal Court Strikes Down Crucial Part of Healthcare Law
Dan Mangan | @_DanMangan In a dramatic split decision, two federal appeals court panels on Tuesday disagreed on whether billions of…
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Could health apps save your life? That depends on the FDA
July 21, 2014 11:26 AM Mark Sullivan The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates everything from heart monitors to horse…
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Regulatory
Advocacy: ISASS Policy Statement – Cervical Artificial Disc
Domagoj Coric, MD Department of Neurosurgery, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC USA Original Article Published at: http://dx.doi.org/10.14444/1006 Introduction by Morgan Lorio, MD,…
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Recon
Strides in joint replacement techniques are helping more to improve their lives
BY KYLE PEVETO KPEVETO@THEADVOCATE.COM Over his eight-year career as a rodeo clown, Robert Dutruch took a lot of hard hits.…
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Spine
Promising new treatment helps people with spine injuries walk better
Scientists may have found a new treatment that can help people with spinal cord injuries walk better. The research is…
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Financial
Johnson & Johnson Board Approves Additional $5 Billion Stock Buyback
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., July 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved…
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Biologics
Synergy Biomedical Announces Expanded FDA Clearance of BIOSPHERE PUTTY for Spine Indications
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Synergy Biomedical, LLC, a developer of novel biomaterial products, announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from…
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Spine
No anti-clotting treatment needed for most kids undergoing spine surgeries
Blood clots occur so rarely in children undergoing spine operations that most patients require nothing more than vigilant monitoring after…
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Spine
20 Recent Spine-Focused Studies to Know
Written by Laura Dyrda Here are 20 spine-focused studies to know published within the past month. Surgical method comparison 1.…
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Sports Medicine
Arthroscopic-Assisted Latissimus Dorsi Transfer for the Management of Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears
Short-Term Results Roberto Castricini, MD; Umile Giuseppe Longo, MD, MS, PhD; Massimo De Benedetto, MD; Mattia Loppini, MD; Raul Zini, MD; Nicola Maffulli, MD, MS, PhD, FRCS(Orth); Vincenzo Denaro, MD J Bone Joint Surg Am, 2014 Jul 16;96(14):e119. http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.L.01091 ABSTRACT Background: Irreparable…
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Survey: 22% of Physicians Are Opting Out of Meaningful Use
22% of physicians are opting out of meaningful use, according to the2014 Medscape EHR Report. The survey found that 16%…
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