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Zimmer debuts new Gel-One Patient App for people experiencing knee pain

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. announced today the debut of a new mobile app designed to serve as a feature-rich resource for patients of its Gel-One Hyaluronate product.

26 Mar 2015

Eight students to continue medical education in St. Luke’s Graduate Medical Education programs

Friday, March 20 was the end of a long process for medical students, said Dr. Joel Rosenfeld, MD, M.Ed, FACS, Chief Academic Officer, St. Luke’s University Health Network. “National Match Day is truly a milestone for every medical student across the country. This is the day when medical residency programs match with their highest-ranked medical students, and medical students learn where they will continue their medical training as residents.”

26 Mar 2015

NIH awards K23 grant to study effects of carbon dioxide levels after cardiac arrest

The NIH-National Heart Lung and Blood Institute has awarded Brian W. Roberts, MD, emergency medicine physician at Cooper University Health Care and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU), a Mentored Patient-Oriented Career Development grant (K23) to study post-resuscitation partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide and neurological outcome after cardiac arrest.

25 Mar 2015

$HSS study examines racial and socioeconomic disparities in hip fracture care$

HSS study examines racial and socioeconomic disparities in hip fracture care

A study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) finds that people in certain racial and socioeconomic groups are at a disadvantage when it comes to care they receive after fracturing a hip.

25 Mar 2015

Sympathetic nerve block shows no major benefit for PTSD in randomized controlled trial

A sympathetic nerve block that has shown promise for treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) performed no better than sham treatment in a randomized controlled trial, new research shows.

25 Mar 2015

DePuy Synthes Companies offers new software solutions to optimize care for orthopaedic patients

DePuy Synthes Companies is offering health care professionals a new way to track and analyze patient data in real-time and a new program to improve patients' experience with joint replacement surgery.

25 Mar 2015

$DePuy Synthes launches TFNA System to improve outcomes in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery$

DePuy Synthes launches TFNA System to improve outcomes in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery

DePuy Synthes Companies of Johnson & Johnson has launched the TFN-ADVANCED Proximal Femoral Nailing System (TFNA), a nail, blade and screw system designed to improve patient outcomes by more closely matching the anatomy of patients undergoing hip fracture surgery.

25 Mar 2015

Newly discovered bodily process may explain fetal brain bleeds

A newly discovered bodily process in mice may explain why some human fetuses who have different antigens than their mothers suffer life-threatening brain bleeds, according to a new study.

24 Mar 2015

A new approach to TBI therapy

Innovative angles of attack in research that focus on how the human brain protects and repairs itself will help develop treatments for one of the most common, costly, deadly and scientifically frustrating medical conditions worldwide: traumatic brain injury.

24 Mar 2015

Most child pedestrian injuries occur near schools, bus stops, and in the spring months

New research presented today at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) found that most child pedestrian injuries involving a motor vehicle occurred while children were unsupervised, near schools and bus stops, and in the spring months during the afternoon and evening hours.

24 Mar 2015

Deuterium-containing sigma-1 agonist demonstrates anti-seizure, anti-inflammatory effects in TBI model

Research results published in the Journal of Neurotrauma and conducted by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) as part of a collaboration with Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. showed that a novel deuterium-containing sigma-1 agonist invented at Concert, called C-10068, demonstrated anti-seizure and anti-inflammatory effects in a preclinical model of traumatic brain injury (TBI).

24 Mar 2015

Existing drugs could help prevent deadly familial stomach and lobular breast cancers

Deadly familial stomach and lobular breast cancers could be successfully treated at their earliest stages, or even prevented, by existing drugs that have been newly identified by cancer genetics researchers at New Zealand's University of Otago.

23 Mar 2015

New study pinpoints major increase in subdural hematoma surgery by 2030

By 2030, chronic subdural hemorrhage (SDH) will be the most common adult brain condition requiring neurosurgical intervention in the U.S., according to a new study conducted by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center.

23 Mar 2015

Healthcare systems miss life-saving treatments learnt on battlefield

Trauma is responsible for more global deaths annually than HIV, malaria and tuberculosis combined. Yet healthcare systems in many countries are missing out on life-saving treatments learnt on the battlefield, according to a review by King's College London and published today in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.

20 Mar 2015

Golden Jubilee National Hospital's Seven Day Service makes positive impact on patient outcomes

A pioneering Seven Day Service implemented by the Golden Jubilee National Hospital’s Rehabilitation Department has celebrated its one year anniversary of making a positive impact on patient outcomes.

20 Mar 2015

New bodily process may explain low blood oxygen levels for cystic fibrosis patients with lung infection

Researchers have defined a new bodily process in mice that may explain why blood oxygen levels are lower for patients with cystic fibrosis when they get a lung infection.

19 Mar 2015

Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital wins Texas Award for Performance Excellence

The Quality Texas Foundation has awarded Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital the Texas Award for Performance Excellence. Memorial Hermann Sugar Land is one of just three organizations in the state to be given this prestigious award recognizing strong dedication to quality and high performance.

18 Mar 2015

Researchers working on new tool for diagnosing concussions in young Canadians

Researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital -The Neuro, at McGill University and the MUHC, are working to develop a much needed tool for helping diagnose concussions or mild traumatic brain injuries suffered by thousands of young Canadians ---hockey and football players among them.

18 Mar 2015

UF Health Cancer Center - Orlando Health recognized as one of America's Best Breast Centers

UF Health Cancer Center - Orlando Health earns the 2015 Women's Choice Award as one of America's Best Breast Centers, acknowledging its dedication to providing exceptional patient care and treatment.

17 Mar 2015

AcelRx announces dosing of first patient in pivotal ARX-04 Phase 3 study for treatment of acute pain

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for the treatment of acute pain, today reported dosing of the first patient in the pivotal Phase 3 study of ARX-04.

16 Mar 2015

Trauma News and Research

Zimmer debuts new Gel-One Patient App for people experiencing knee pain

Eight students to continue medical education in St. Luke’s Graduate Medical Education programs

NIH awards K23 grant to study effects of carbon dioxide levels after cardiac arrest

HSS study examines racial and socioeconomic disparities in hip fracture care

Sympathetic nerve block shows no major benefit for PTSD in randomized controlled trial

DePuy Synthes Companies offers new software solutions to optimize care for orthopaedic patients

DePuy Synthes launches TFNA System to improve outcomes in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery

Newly discovered bodily process may explain fetal brain bleeds

A new approach to TBI therapy

Most child pedestrian injuries occur near schools, bus stops, and in the spring months

Deuterium-containing sigma-1 agonist demonstrates anti-seizure, anti-inflammatory effects in TBI model

Existing drugs could help prevent deadly familial stomach and lobular breast cancers

New study pinpoints major increase in subdural hematoma surgery by 2030

Healthcare systems miss life-saving treatments learnt on battlefield

Golden Jubilee National Hospital's Seven Day Service makes positive impact on patient outcomes

New bodily process may explain low blood oxygen levels for cystic fibrosis patients with lung infection

Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital wins Texas Award for Performance Excellence

Researchers working on new tool for diagnosing concussions in young Canadians

UF Health Cancer Center - Orlando Health recognized as one of America's Best Breast Centers

AcelRx announces dosing of first patient in pivotal ARX-04 Phase 3 study for treatment of acute pain

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