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Orthovita to present comparative study data of its Cortoss product to polymethylmethacrylate

Orthovita, Inc., an orthobiologics and biosurgery company, is pleased to announce that Dr. Pierce D. Nunley, Director of the Spine Institute of Louisiana, will present his abstract, “A Comparison of Clinical Outcomes and Adjacent Level Fractures in Patients Receiving Vertebroplasty for Osteoporotic Compression Fractures Using CortossTM or PMMA: A Prospective, Randomized Trial,” at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS).

24 Oct 2009

Justice Department intervenes to protect civil rights of the mentally ill in New York

The Justice Department today filed a motion to intervene in Disability Advocates Inc. v. David A. Paterson, et al. in federal court in the Eastern District of New York.

24 Oct 2009

LifeLock and Arthritis Foundation announce new partnership deal

With identity theft complaints reaching a 5-year high, and the cost to consumers increasing, the longer the fraud goes undetected, according to Javelin Strategy & Research, the urgency to guard against this crime has increased as well.

24 Oct 2009

NCD to discuss employment, health care and seclusion issues affecting the disabled

The National Council on Disability (NCD) will hear presentations and discuss employment, health care, and restraint and seclusion issues affecting people with disabilities during its quarterly meeting at the Holiday Inn Express, 920 Broadway, Nashville, TN, which begins at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, October 26, 2009, and concludes at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 28, 2009.

24 Oct 2009

ECRI Institute releases important changes to its recommendations for preventing surgical fires

A flash fire on a patient during surgery is a very real tragedy, often leading to disfigurement, disability or even death. Though surgical fires are uncommon--about 550 to 650 occur in the United States each year--their consequences are grave enough to warrant ongoing prevention education by healthcare providers.

23 Oct 2009

Workers with MetS can cost employers up to $5,867 in health care annually: Study

Someone healthy enough to work could still cost an employer more than $4,000 annually in unnecessary health care costs.

23 Oct 2009

The 23rd annual Alternatives conference to be held in Nebraska

The 23rd annual Alternatives conference, the only national mental health conference organized by and for mental health consumers/survivors, will be held October 28 to November 1, 2009, at the Hilton Omaha, 1001 Cass Street, in Omaha, Nebraska.

23 Oct 2009

Intellectual property covering compounds that have utility in treating SMA licensed

Repligen Corporation announced today that it has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (FSMA) for intellectual property covering compounds which may have utility in treating Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).

23 Oct 2009

Person-centered planning practices to promote organizational change and innovative service delivery

Today the JBFCS Alan B. Siskind Symposium, "Person in the Center: Innovation and Change," with Keynote Speaker Beth Mount, Ph.D., will explore person-centered planning and organizational innovation followed by a panel discussion that features innovative practice at JBFCS.

22 Oct 2009

Board of Veterans' Appeals adds four new Veterans Law Judges

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced the addition of four new Veterans Law Judges to the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA), which will enable the board to increase the number of cases being decided.

22 Oct 2009

Researchers develop a non-invasive test to help assess embryo viability for IVF

Embryos that are most likely to result in a pregnancy are crucial to the success of in vitro fertilization (IVF) but are difficult to identify. Researchers at Yale School of Medicine, led by Emre Seli, M.D., are developing a fast, non-invasive test to help assess embryo viability for IVF.

22 Oct 2009

Nationwide Better Health launches workplace benefit plans for employees

Nationwide Better HealthSM recently announced the launch of its workplace benefits for employees including accident and hospital products, group dental plans, group term life insurance and medical stop loss insurance. These offerings allow employers to provide benefits that help safeguard their employees’ physical and financial health.

22 Oct 2009

Electronic eye implant mimics human retina; restores partial vision

A 50-year-old New York woman who was diagnosed with a progressive blinding disease at age 13 was implanted with an experimental electronic eye implant that has partially restored her vision. A team led by Dr. Lucian V. Del Priore at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center performed the June 26 surgery -- the first case of its kind in New York.

22 Oct 2009

AAAS and partners to launch online social-networking sites for scientists

To help scientists and science trainees who hope to translate laboratory research into clinical medicine and to help minority scientists navigate their career paths, AAAS, Science Careers, and Science are launching a pair of online social-networking sites.

22 Oct 2009

Findings suggest a new approach to the rehabilitation of stroke patients

What's new: Researchers at MIT and San Camillo Hospital in Venice, Italy, have shown that motor impairments in stroke patients can be understood as impairments in specific combinations of muscle activity, known as synergies.

21 Oct 2009

Aflac enhances its GSTD policy allowing businesses to offer competitive, quality benefits to employees

Managing the cost of employee benefits is one of the greatest challenges businesses face today. In fact, recent Aflac surveys of business owners found that 62 percent of respondents said it's more difficult than a year ago to offer strong benefits packages. At the same time, 60 percent of respondents said the productivity of their workforce declines when employees are dealing with an illness or accident in the family.

21 Oct 2009

Targacept presents data from Phase 2b clinical trial of TC-5214

Targacept, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of drugs known as NNR Therapeutics-, today announced the presentation of data from its recently completed Phase 2b clinical trial of TC-5214 as an augmentation (add-on) treatment in subjects with major depressive disorder, or MDD, who did not respond adequately to first-line treatment with the representative SSRI citalopram hydrobromide.

20 Oct 2009

Day care center integrates diabetes care for children into its routine as part of ADA settlement

Pine Hills Kiddie Garden of Fort Wayne, Ind., will take necessary steps to ensure that a child's diabetes care is integrated into the usual routine of its day care center and programs as part of a settlement to resolve allegations that it discriminated on the basis of disability, the Justice Department announced today.

20 Oct 2009

RA patients who adhere to their prescription drug regimen have better outcome: Study

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who regularly adhere to their prescription drug regimen have fewer emergency room and doctor visits and incur lower medical costs, according to research presented today by Medco Health Solutions, Inc. at the American College of Rheumatology's Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.

20 Oct 2009

Federal judge stops the state from making cuts in the IHSS homecare program

A Federal judge has stopped the state from making deep cuts in the In Home Supportive Services (IHSS) homecare program that would have affected some 130,000 low income elderly, blind and disabled Californians.

20 Oct 2009

Disability News and Research

Orthovita to present comparative study data of its Cortoss product to polymethylmethacrylate

Justice Department intervenes to protect civil rights of the mentally ill in New York

LifeLock and Arthritis Foundation announce new partnership deal

NCD to discuss employment, health care and seclusion issues affecting the disabled

ECRI Institute releases important changes to its recommendations for preventing surgical fires

Workers with MetS can cost employers up to $5,867 in health care annually: Study

The 23rd annual Alternatives conference to be held in Nebraska

Intellectual property covering compounds that have utility in treating SMA licensed

Person-centered planning practices to promote organizational change and innovative service delivery

Board of Veterans' Appeals adds four new Veterans Law Judges

Researchers develop a non-invasive test to help assess embryo viability for IVF

Nationwide Better Health launches workplace benefit plans for employees

Electronic eye implant mimics human retina; restores partial vision

AAAS and partners to launch online social-networking sites for scientists

Findings suggest a new approach to the rehabilitation of stroke patients

Aflac enhances its GSTD policy allowing businesses to offer competitive, quality benefits to employees

Targacept presents data from Phase 2b clinical trial of TC-5214

Day care center integrates diabetes care for children into its routine as part of ADA settlement

RA patients who adhere to their prescription drug regimen have better outcome: Study

Federal judge stops the state from making cuts in the IHSS homecare program

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