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Regular exercise associated with greater longevity and reduced risk of age-related conditions

Physical activity appears to be associated with a reduced risk or slower progression of several age-related conditions as well as improvements in overall health in older age, according to a commentary and four articles published in the January 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

27 Jan 2010

OrthoPediatrics to distribute ETEX products in U.S. and Canada

ETEX Corporation, an advanced biomaterials company, announced today a distribution agreement with OrthoPediatrics Corp., of Warsaw, Indiana. OrthoPediatrics will market and sell ETEX's nanocrystalline calcium phosphate on a non-exclusive basis in the United States and Canada.

27 Jan 2010

Pro-Dex' customer abandons commercialization of new battery-powered shaver system

PRO-DEX, INC. today announced that one of its customers has elected to not bring to market a product developed by Pro-Dex under a Development Agreement with such customer and, instead, will pay a $250,000 fee pursuant to its agreement with Pro-Dex.

23 Jan 2010

Enrollment complete in Vertos Medical's U.S. IRB I "mild" procedure Patient Outcomes Trial

Medical device company Vertos Medical Inc. has announced the completion of enrollment in its post-market U.S. IRB (Institutional Review Board) I Patient Outcomes Trial, a 75-patient study of the mild procedure. The open-label, single-arm, prospective, IRB-approved study is intended to gather patient outcomes data following treatment for symptomatic central canal spinal stenosis using proprietary mild devices. Results from the trial, which is being conducted by 14 investigators at academic and private practice settings across the United States, are expected to be published during 2010.

21 Jan 2010

$SIR supports use of vertebral augmentation for patients with spine fractures$

SIR supports use of vertebral augmentation for patients with spine fractures

Given the current controversy over vertebroplasty-a minimally invasive treatment performed by interventional radiologists in individuals with painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures that fail to respond to conventional medical therapy-what's a patient to do?

20 Jan 2010

Use of braces in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is still an area of controversy

The use of braces to correct excessive curvature of the spine, or scoliosis, in adolescents is still an area of controversy — and is likely to remain that way until there is better evidence, concludes a new review of published research. Although some evidence points toward a benefit from using braces, research has failed to prove definitively that they work.

20 Jan 2010

The Methodist Hospital initiates program on nanotechnology in orthopedics and spine surgery

A new research program at The Methodist Hospital in Houston is the nation's first dedicated solely to advancing nanotechnology in orthopedics and spine surgery.

19 Jan 2010

Neurosurgical journals influence neurosurgeons and their patients

A compendium of articles in the Journal of Neurosurgery (JNS) provides evidence that specialty medical journals are not only an invaluable resource to physicians and researchers, but to the media and public. Clinical and basic science papers do not have to be published in large, high-impact publications to garner attention, and in fact when it comes to specialized areas of medicine such as neurosurgery, publications devoted to the subspecialty produce many citation classics. "Citation classic" is a term given to articles that have been cited more than 400 times.

18 Jan 2010

Risks associated with opioid pain medications may outweigh surgery risks

Despite limited evidence of long-term success in using opioid pain medications for chronic low back pain, opioid prescribing has increased in recent years for back pain and other non-cancer pain indications.

18 Jan 2010

Massage, manipulation and other hands-on approaches can reduce chronic pain

The January issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource discusses the uses and benefits of massage, spinal manipulation, and Rolfing, as well as the Alexander technique and the Feldenkrais method

18 Jan 2010

Abraxis Bioscience awards John Wayne Cancer Institute $1M grant for identifying new cancer biomarkers

A $1 million grant from Abraxis Bioscience, Inc. to a world-famous research laboratory at John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John’s Health Center could help save lives of cancer patients by helping doctors more rapidly assess whether a treatment is working or not.

12 Jan 2010

Spinal cement may help multiple myeloma patients live longer

New technologies used to repair spinal fractures could soon be helping patients suffering from the bone marrow cancer multiple myeloma.

12 Jan 2010

University Hospitals in Cleveland selects Sectra as PACS provider

University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio has selected the IT and medical-technology company Sectra as their PACS provider. University Hospitals has been recognized by Thomson Reuters as a Top 10 hospital system in the U.S., and by U.S. News and World Report as one of America’s best hospitals.

12 Jan 2010

Gunshot and stab victims face increased risk of death with prehospital spine immobilization

Immobilizing the spines of shooting and stabbing victims before they are taken to the hospital — standard procedure in Maryland and some other parts of the country — appears to double the risk of death compared to transporting patients to a trauma center without this time-consuming, on-scene medical intervention, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers.

12 Jan 2010

New breakthroughs in AS genome-wide association study

Work done in part by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has led to the discovery of two new genes that are implicated in ankylosing spondylitis (AS), an inflammatory and potentially disabling disease. In addition, the international research team pinpointed two areas along stretches of DNA that play an important role in regulating gene activity associated with the arthritic condition.

10 Jan 2010

RSB Spine's 1,000th InterPlate product implanted

RSB Spine, LLC, today announced a 38% increase in sales for year ended Dec. 31, 2009, versus year-end 2008, and a 42% sales increase for the fourth quarter of 2009 versus third-quarter 2009. Additionally, the company reported that it achieved an important milestone in 2009 with its 1,000th InterPlate® product being implanted.

9 Jan 2010

Misonix signs new distribution agreement with Thimar Al Jazirah Health Care

Misonix, Inc., a developer of minimally invasive ultrasonic medical device technology, which in Europe is used for the ablation of tumors and worldwide for other acute health conditions, has entered into a new, three year distribution agreement with Thimar Al Jazirah Health Care, based in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for the distribution of the SonaStar(TM) Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator and the BoneScalpel(TM) Ultrasonic Bone Cutter.

9 Jan 2010

Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II to acquire the Center for Neurosurgery and Spine in Sartell

Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Center for Neurosurgery and Spine, a 36,600-square-foot, two-building medical office portfolio in the St. Cloud suburb of Sartell. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and the satisfaction of other requirements as detailed in the agreement.

8 Jan 2010

Young Caribbean girl receives complex surgery for rare spinal condition

As part of an annual Orthopedic Surgery Mission to St. Vincent & the Grenadines, a young girl from St. Vincent in the Caribbean has received a rare in-country complex repair procedure for her spine after waiting several years on a waiting list to come to the US for treatment.

8 Jan 2010

University Hospitals Case Medical Center conducts Phase 2 clinical trial of gene therapy for AD

University Hospitals Case Medical Center is one of 12 sites conducting the first Phase 2 clinical trial of a gene therapy for Alzheimer's disease (AD). The study uses a viral-based gene transfer system called CERE-110, which is designed to deliver nerve growth factor (NGF) into the brain.

8 Jan 2010

Spine News and Research

Regular exercise associated with greater longevity and reduced risk of age-related conditions

OrthoPediatrics to distribute ETEX products in U.S. and Canada

Pro-Dex' customer abandons commercialization of new battery-powered shaver system

Enrollment complete in Vertos Medical's U.S. IRB I "mild" procedure Patient Outcomes Trial

SIR supports use of vertebral augmentation for patients with spine fractures

Use of braces in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is still an area of controversy

The Methodist Hospital initiates program on nanotechnology in orthopedics and spine surgery

Neurosurgical journals influence neurosurgeons and their patients

Risks associated with opioid pain medications may outweigh surgery risks

Massage, manipulation and other hands-on approaches can reduce chronic pain

Abraxis Bioscience awards John Wayne Cancer Institute $1M grant for identifying new cancer biomarkers

Spinal cement may help multiple myeloma patients live longer

University Hospitals in Cleveland selects Sectra as PACS provider

Gunshot and stab victims face increased risk of death with prehospital spine immobilization

New breakthroughs in AS genome-wide association study

RSB Spine's 1,000th InterPlate product implanted

Misonix signs new distribution agreement with Thimar Al Jazirah Health Care

Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II to acquire the Center for Neurosurgery and Spine in Sartell

Young Caribbean girl receives complex surgery for rare spinal condition

University Hospitals Case Medical Center conducts Phase 2 clinical trial of gene therapy for AD

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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