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Canadians with chronic neck and back pain now have access to top spinal care

Canadians suffering from chronic and severe neck and back pain now have access to the top spinal care available. Spinal heath expert, Dr. Ron Nusbaum, has launched Back Clinics of Canada, a state-of-the-art facility that focuses on educating patients on the importance of spinal health and offering cutting-edge care that can bring an end to back pain.

25 Nov 2009

Spineology's Capture Facet Screw System receives FDA clearance

Spineology Inc., developer and manufacturer of minimally invasive spinal surgery devices, announced today that it has received FDA clearance for its minimally invasive surgery (MIS) Capture™ Facet Screw System.

19 Nov 2009

Medtronic introduces new TSRH 3Dx Spinal System to address multiple pathologies

Medtronic, Inc., today announced the launch of the TSRH® 3Dx™ Spinal System. Designed with procedural efficiency in mind, the TSRH 3Dx Spinal System offers two screws designed to address multiple pathologies.

17 Nov 2009

SpinalMotion submits Kineflex lumbar artificial disc PMA to FDA

SpinalMotion, developer of the investigational Kineflex® lumbar and Kineflex/C® cervical disc implants for treating patients with degenerative disc disease (DDD), today reported that it has submitted the Pre-Market Approval (PMA) to FDA for the Kineflex lumbar artificial disc

13 Nov 2009

Osteotech highlights Magnifuse bone grafting products at NASS Annual Meeting

Osteotech, Inc., a leader in the emerging field of biologic products for regenerative healing, today announced it is highlighting three procedure-specific MagniFuse(TM) bone grafting products for different spine therapy areas at the North American Spine Society (NASS) 2009 Annual Meeting, taking place November 10th through 14th in San Francisco, California. To date MagniFuse has been used in 40 spinal surgeries in the United States

11 Nov 2009

Laser Spine Institute acquires Aspen Back & Body

After helping thousands of patients get their lives back through minimally invasive endoscopic spinal surgery at facilities in Tampa and Scottsdale and soon Philadelphia, the Laser Spine Institute (LSI) announces their acquisition of Aspen Back & Body, LLC (ABB), extending LSI's patient care capabilities into non-surgical areas for the first time.

22 Oct 2009

AAAHC accreditation for Laser Spine Institute Tampa

Laser Spine Institute, leaders in minimally invasive spinal surgery, is pleased to announce the accreditation of LSI Tampa by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

6 Oct 2009

Axiomed Spine Corporation receives Ferchill Partner Award for its medical innovation

At the 6th Annual Cleveland Clinic Innovator Awards dinner, AxioMed Spine Corporation (www.axiomed.com) was awarded the Ferchill Partner Award for the company’s medical innovation and economic impact on the community. The Cleveland Clinic and AxioMed Spine Corporation collaborated on the development of the Freedom® Lumbar Disc for the treatment of degenerative disc disease.

1 Oct 2009

Axial Biotech's SCOLISCORE AIS Prognostic Test now available in the U.S.

Axial Biotech, Inc., a company personalizing spine care through the development of molecular diagnostics, announced today that its SCOLISCORE(TM) AIS Prognostic Test is now being made available to spine specialists in the United States. SCOLISCORE is a saliva-based genetic test designed to predict the risk of progression of scoliosis, an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.

24 Sep 2009

PASS LP spinal system for treating complex deformities receives FDA approval

MEDICREA announced today it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the PASS LP Iliac Fixation within the United States. This new Iliac Fixation supplements the PASS LP range, a ultra Low Profile Polyaxial Spine System launched recently.

4 Sep 2009

Spinal implant developed by Sanfor Clinic neurosurgeon receives FDA market clearance

Sanford Health, a comprehensive health care provider in the Upper Midwest, announced today a spinal implant developed by Sanford Clinic Neurosurgeon, Wilson Asfora, MD, Sanford Clinic Neurosurgery & Spine, has received United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) market clearance as a lumbar intervertebral body fusion device.

31 Aug 2009

FDA provides marketing clearance for the spinal implant developed by Sanford Health

28 Aug 2009

Medical journal article highlights the challenges faced by healthcare providers for treating patients with non-healing wounds

Cardium Therapeutics today reported that a recent medical journal article highlights the challenges facing healthcare providers with respect to finding optimal treatments for patients with non-healing wounds.

28 Aug 2009

Link between collagen deficiency and osteoarthritis found in mice

Osteoarthritis (OA) and degenerative disc disease (DDD) are common, chronic musculoskeletal disorders. Both diseases cause joint pain, loss of function, and decreased quality of life for the more than 27 million OA and 59 million DDD suffers in the US. According to a 2003 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, arthritis such as OA costs the U.S. economy nearly $128 billion per year in medical care and indirect expenses including lost wages and productivity.

27 Aug 2009

Collagen deficiency in mice causes premature development of osteoarthritis and degenerative disc disease

27 Aug 2009

Brooks Rehabilitation's new specialty clinic to provide advanced treatments for back and neck

Brooks Rehabilitation's newest specialty clinic, the Brooks Center for Back & Neck Health, offers patients advanced treatments for both acute and chronic conditions of the spine, including whiplash, lumbar stenosis, cervical or lumbar radiculopathy, cervical or lumbar instability, sciatica, TMJ, osteoarthritis, degenerative disc disease, and more. According to the National Institutes of Health, back pain is the second most common reason Americans go to the doctor (headaches are the first), and among the most common reasons for surgery. Research has demonstrated the effectiveness of physical therapy for affecting outcomes in patients with spinal conditions.

19 Aug 2009

Physical therapy is effective for management of low-back pain

A new review article published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons should help convince many patients with low back pain to consider physical therapy as a first line of treatment for their condition, according to the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).

25 Feb 2009

Aching back? cholesterol drug Lovastatin might help

Back pain, a hallmark of degenerative disc disease, sends millions of people to their doctor. In fact, more than 80 percent of patients who undergo spine surgery do so because of disc degeneration.

22 Feb 2009

New imaging technology provides early diagnosis of osteoarthritis

A newly developed medical imaging technology may provide doctors with a long-awaited test for early diagnosis of osteoarthritis (OA), scientists from New York reported today at the 236th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society.

20 Aug 2008

New non-invasive imaging method for diagnosing osteoarthritis

Researchers at New York University and Tel Aviv University have developed a non-invasive imaging method that can be used to diagnose and monitor a number of diseases, including osteoarthritis and inter-vertebral disc degeneration, in their early stages.

12 Feb 2008