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Tendinitis (Tendonitis) is a common condition that involve inflammation of the soft tissue around muscles and bones, most often in the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, or ankle. A tendon is a flexible band of fibrous tissue that connects muscles to bones. Tendinitis is inflammation of a tendon. Tendons transmit the pull of the muscle to the bone to cause movement. They are found throughout the body, including the hands, wrists, elbows, shoulders, hips, knees, ankles, and feet. Tendons can be small, like those found in the hand, or large, like the Achilles tendon in the heel.

Mitek Sports Medicine introduces HEALIX ADVANCE KNOTLESS Anchor with dual-thread technology

Mitek Sports Medicine, a leader in orthopaedics sports medicine and a part of the DePuy Synthes Companies of Johnson & Johnson, announced the launch of the HEALIX ADVANCE KNOTLESS Anchor, a new suture anchor designed to provide optimal knotless fixation for rotator cuff repair.

12 Jul 2013

Scientists uncover easy strategies to prevent harmful side-effects of antibiotics responses

A team of scientists at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University has discovered why long-term treatment with many common antibiotics can cause harmful side effects-and they have uncovered two easy strategies that could help prevent these dangerous responses.

4 Jul 2013

Antibiotic proved to be Achilles’ heel for some

US clinicians have identified patients at particular risk for Achilles injury while using quinolones.

4 Oct 2012

Rotator cuff anchor launched by DePuy Mitek

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2 Oct 2012

Is curry good for you?

There have been several news stories over the years reporting that curry may be good for us. Most of them refer to a chemical in curry, known as curcumin.

18 Jun 2012

SANUWAVE’s ESWT stimulates proliferation of cambium cells for bone generation

SANUWAVE Health, Inc., today announced the publication of peer-reviewed, preclinical research that demonstrates the ability of the Company's Extracorporeal Shock Wave Technology (ESWT) to stimulate proliferation of periosteal adult stem cells (cambium cells) within the body and subsequently form bone.

6 Jun 2012

SANUWAVE first quarter revenues decrease 5% to $238,540

SANUWAVE Health, Inc. today reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and provided a business update.

15 May 2012

Safe-exercise tips from AAOS

With temperatures warming and recreational athletes coming out of hibernation, sports medicine physicians are treating more sprains, strains, fractures, tendonitis and other injuries.

16 Apr 2012

SANUWAVE, CAN-med Healthcare enter distribution agreement for dermaPACE device

SANUWAVE Health, Inc. has entered into a two-year exclusive distribution agreement with CAN-med Healthcare, a division of IMP Group Limited, to distribute the Company's dermaPACE device throughout Canada.

24 Feb 2012

USPTO issues patent to SANUWAVE's new method that produces acoustic shock waves

SANUWAVE Health, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued the Company patent number 8,092,401, titled "Method and Apparatus for Producing Shock Waves for Medical Applications."

18 Jan 2012

SANUWAVE PACE technology reverses negative effects of ischemic, reperfusion injuries

SANUWAVE Health, Inc., today reported publication of peer-reviewed, preclinical data conducted at Cleveland Clinic that demonstrate the ability of the Company's Pulsed Acoustic Cellular Expression (PACE®) technology to substantially decrease the detrimental effects of microcirculatory injury for certain ischemic (lack of blood flow) and reperfusion (restoration of blood flow) injuries.

11 Jan 2012

SANUWAVE receives U.S. patent titled, 'Device for the Application of Acoustic Shock Waves'

SANUWAVE Health, Inc., an emerging medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of noninvasive, biological response activating devices in regenerative medicine, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued the Company patent number 8,088,073, titled "Device for the Application of Acoustic Shock Waves."

7 Jan 2012

SANUWAVE Health third quarter revenues decrease 42% to $161,678

SANUWAVE Health, Inc. today reported financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011.

14 Nov 2011

SANUWAVE announces dermaPACE Phase III trial results on diabetic foot ulcers

SANUWAVE Health, Inc., an emerging medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of noninvasive, biological response activating devices in regenerative medicine, today announced that the Company's dermaPACE device will be the subject of a presentation at Plastic Surgery 2011, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons' National Meeting being held September 23-27 in Denver.

23 Sep 2011

Turmeric effective in tennis or golfer's elbow

A new study shows that turmeric – a common culinary spice could help in the treatment of painful tendinitis which includes the conditions known as tennis or golfer's elbow.

12 Aug 2011

SANUWAVE second quarter revenues increase 40%

SANUWAVE Health, Inc., an emerging medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of noninvasive, biological response activating devices in regenerative medicine, today reported financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and provided a business update.

10 Aug 2011

Common culinary spice derivative could treat tendinitis

A derivative of a common culinary spice found in Indian curries could offer a new treatment hope for sufferers of the painful condition tendinitis, an international team of researchers has shown.

9 Aug 2011

Mesenchymal stem cells protect and heal

A stem cell that can morph into a number of different tissues is proving a natural protector, healer and antibiotic maker, researchers at Case Western Reserve University and their peers have found.

8 Jul 2011

USPTO upholds ten amended claims of SANUWAVE's '119 patent

SANUWAVE Health, Inc., an emerging medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of non-invasive, biological response activating devices in regenerative medicine, today reported that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a reexamination certificate upholding ten amended claims of SANUWAVE's U.S. Patent No. 6,080,119 following a third party's ex parte reexamination request.

15 Jun 2011

High heels and narrow toe boxes lead to toe deformities in women

According to a recent study, 39 percent of women say they wear high heels every day, and 75 percent of those women say they experience regular shoe-related foot pain and suffer from bunions, arthritic big toes, calluses, hammer toes, and plantar warts.

21 May 2011