INJURY
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Spine
Improving cell transplantation after spinal cord injury: When, where and how?
June 10, 2016 – Spinal cord injuries are mostly caused by trauma, often incurred in road traffic or sporting incidents,…
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Robotics
Maker of $1.5 Million Surgical Robot Hid More Than 700 Injury Claims, Insurer Says
By Kartikay Mehrotra It’s health insurers’ cardinal rule: disclose pre-existing conditions. Now comes a case in which that familiar…
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Spine
StemCells, Inc. Presents Interim Results from its Phase II Pathway Study in Chronic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury at ASIA Annual Meeting
NEWARK, Calif., April 18, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — StemCells, Inc. (NASDAQ:STEM), a world leader in the research and development of…
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Spine
Stem cells used to successfully regenerate damage in corticospinal injury
Writing in the March 28 issue of Nature Medicine, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and…
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Sports Medicine
Dr. William Meyers gets right to the core of athletes’ injuries
By Sam Gardner If William Meyers could get one message across to the sports world at large it would be…
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Sports Medicine
BLOG: Youth football injuries can be prevented, minimized with some precaution
Football is one of the most popular sports played by young athletes in the United States. It also leads all…
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Sports Medicine
Hip and groin injuries in the athlete
By Gene Hong, MD Hip and groin pain affecting athletes has received a lot of attention in the media the…
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Sports Medicine
BLOG: Know the injury patterns, risk factors for young baseball players
By James R. Andrews, MD Baseball is our American pastime and it has always been expected to be a safe and…
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Sports Medicine
BLOG: Pitch Smart is a comprehensive resource for safe pitching practices
By James R. Andrews, MD We are all looking for a solution to the escalation of youth baseball injuries, which…
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Spine
The Spinal Column: Can you save a spine with a back pack?
By Dr. Jim Schaffer Ahhh… School is just about here. In my office I am hearing all sorts of emotional…
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Sports Medicine
Factors affected variability in PF instability injuries among high school athletes
By Casey Tingle Understanding that patterns of patellofemoral instability injuries among high school athletes may vary by sport, sex and…
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Sports Medicine
Identifying risk factors for ACL re-injury
Re-tearing a repaired knee Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) happens all too frequently, however a recent study being presented today at…
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