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Bucksbaum Institute of Clinical Excellence conducts second annual symposium on April 26

Jerome Lowenstein, MD, founder and director of the Program for Humanistic Aspects of Medical Education at New York University, will be the keynote speaker at the Bucksbaum Institute of Clinical Excellence's second annual symposium on Friday, April 26.

26 Apr 2013

DJO Global reports first quarter results for 2013

DJO Global, Inc., a leading global provider of medical device solutions for musculoskeletal health, vascular health and pain management, today announced financial results for its public reporting subsidiary, DJO Finance LLC ("DJOFL"), for the first quarter ended March 30, 2013.

26 Apr 2013

Increasing unsustainable prices for leukemia drugs represent larger issue across all cancers

The increasing cost of treatments for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in the United States has reached unsustainably high levels and may be leaving many patients under- or untreated because they cannot afford care, according to a Blood Forum article supported by nearly 120 CML experts from more than 15 countries on five continents and published online today in Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH).

26 Apr 2013

Personalized knee replacement: an interview with Dr Martin, Preferred Orthopedics of the Palm Beaches

Knee replacement surgery has traditionally been performed using off-the-shelf implants because of the limitations of technology. As with most industries, evolution does occur.

25 Apr 2013

Study reveals 3-D motion detection system could help prevent shoulder injuries in baseball pitchers

A new 3-D motion detection system could help identify baseball pitchers who are at risk for shoulder injuries, according to a new study.

24 Apr 2013

Tissue engineering combined with gene therapy can manage repair of defective articular cartilage

Researchers at Micro Orthopaedics, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, led by Dr. Ai-xi Yu, have suggested that articular cartilage defects can be repaired by a novel thermo-sensitive injectable hydrogel engineered with gene modified bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells.

24 Apr 2013

Rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis: an interview with Dr. Stan Naides, Medical Director, Quest Diagnostics

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disorder that can cause debilitating joint damage. In cases of RA, the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, especially the membranes that line the joints. As a result, fluid builds up in the joints, causing pain and systemic inflammation, leading to joint destruction if untreated.

From Quest Diagnostics 23 Apr 2013

$Fracture liaison systems help reduce burden of fragility fractures$

Fracture liaison systems help reduce burden of fragility fractures

Fragility fractures due to osteoporosis are a major cause of disability or premature death in older adults. Those at highest risk are patients who have already suffered one fragility fracture; they are at twice the risk of suffering a future fracture compared to others who have not fractured.

23 Apr 2013

Individual cancer cells in blood stream are responsible for metastases in breast cancer patients

Individual cancer cells that break away from the original tumor and circulate through the blood stream are considered responsible for the development of metastases. These dreaded secondary tumors are the main cause of cancer-related deaths.

23 Apr 2013

Palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases can improve quality of life in elderly patients

Giving palliative radiotherapy to elderly patients with painful bone metastases can significantly improve their quality of life, a Dutch researcher told the 2nd Forum of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) today (Monday).

23 Apr 2013

Scientists discover new agent that removes potentially dangerous cells

Pluripotent stem cells can turn, or differentiate, into any cell type in the body, such as nerve, muscle or bone, but inevitably some of these stem cells fail to differentiate and end up mixed in with their newly differentiated daughter cells.

23 Apr 2013

TSRI scientists find way to directly turn bone marrow stem cells into brain cells

In a serendipitous discovery, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found a way to turn bone marrow stem cells directly into brain cells.

23 Apr 2013

Eating mushrooms can help increase, maintain vitamin D levels, find BUSM researchers

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine have discovered that eating mushrooms containing Vitamin D2 can be as effective at increasing and maintaining vitamin D levels (25-hydroxyvitamin D) as taking supplemental vitamin D2 or vitamin D3.

23 Apr 2013

$Study shows 30.4% of hip fracture patients in India died within one year$

Study shows 30.4% of hip fracture patients in India died within one year

In various studies across different countries the reported one year mortality risks after hip fracture can vary anywhere from 5 to 50 %. In India, however, there has been little research on the risk of mortality and functional impairment following hip fracture.

23 Apr 2013

$Belgian investigators present study results of hip fracture in older patients at ESCEO13-IOF$

Belgian investigators present study results of hip fracture in older patients at ESCEO13-IOF

Although hip fractures in older patients are known to be a major cause of long term disability and increased risk of death, less is known about the relationship between surgical delay after hip fracture and mortality risk.

23 Apr 2013

Clinical Research Forum selects sickle cell project among 'Top 10' clinical research achievements of 2012

Pioneering research led by Johns Hopkins scientists on the use of partially matched bone marrow transplants to wipe out sickle cell disease has been selected as one of the Top 10 Clinical Research Achievements of 2012 by the Clinical Research Forum.

22 Apr 2013

Investigator honored for advancing osteoporosis research and advocacy worldwide

Professor Socrates Papapoulos, a long standing member of the IOF Board and leading researcher at the Leiden University Medical Center, has been named the recipient of the prestigious Pierre Delmas Award.

22 Apr 2013

$Young athletes undergoing intense training have higher risk of stress fractures, other overuse injuries$

Young athletes undergoing intense training have higher risk of stress fractures, other overuse injuries

Young athletes who specialize in one sport and train intensively have a significantly higher risk of stress fractures and other severe overuse injuries, even when compared with other injured athletes, according to the largest clinical study of its kind.

22 Apr 2013

Clinical Research Forum honors studies with potential to benefit human health and welfare

Ten of the most outstanding clinical research projects from institutions around the country have been selected to receive the Clinical Research Forum's Annual Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Awards.

22 Apr 2013

Non-invasive brain surgery: an interview with Dr Andres Lozano, University of Toronto

MR-guided focused ultrasound is a new technique that involves focusing 1024 beams of ultrasound through the skull to a focal point in the brain, very much like using the sun and a magnifying glass to burn a hole in a sheet of paper.

22 Apr 2013

Bone News and Research

Bucksbaum Institute of Clinical Excellence conducts second annual symposium on April 26

DJO Global reports first quarter results for 2013

Increasing unsustainable prices for leukemia drugs represent larger issue across all cancers

Personalized knee replacement: an interview with Dr Martin, Preferred Orthopedics of the Palm Beaches

Study reveals 3-D motion detection system could help prevent shoulder injuries in baseball pitchers

Tissue engineering combined with gene therapy can manage repair of defective articular cartilage

Rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis: an interview with Dr. Stan Naides, Medical Director, Quest Diagnostics

Fracture liaison systems help reduce burden of fragility fractures

Individual cancer cells in blood stream are responsible for metastases in breast cancer patients

Palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases can improve quality of life in elderly patients

Scientists discover new agent that removes potentially dangerous cells

TSRI scientists find way to directly turn bone marrow stem cells into brain cells

Eating mushrooms can help increase, maintain vitamin D levels, find BUSM researchers

Study shows 30.4% of hip fracture patients in India died within one year

Belgian investigators present study results of hip fracture in older patients at ESCEO13-IOF

Clinical Research Forum selects sickle cell project among 'Top 10' clinical research achievements of 2012

Investigator honored for advancing osteoporosis research and advocacy worldwide

Young athletes undergoing intense training have higher risk of stress fractures, other overuse injuries

Clinical Research Forum honors studies with potential to benefit human health and welfare

Non-invasive brain surgery: an interview with Dr Andres Lozano, University of Toronto

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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