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PASS LP spinal system for treating complex deformities receives FDA approval

MEDICREA announced today it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the PASS LP Iliac Fixation within the United States. This new Iliac Fixation supplements the PASS LP range, a ultra Low Profile Polyaxial Spine System launched recently.

4 Sep 2009

Banner Good Samaritan treats cancers and neurological disorders with the Novalis Tx radiosurgery platform

John J. Kresl, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center are now treating a wide variety of cancers and neurological disorders with highly-accurate, non-invasive, image-guided radiosurgery using the Novalis Tx(TM) radiosurgery platform from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) and BrainLAB.

4 Sep 2009

St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital uses CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery system for treating tumours

St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital is the first hospital in Houston to feature the CyberKnife((R)), a noninvasive alternative to surgery for the treatment of both cancerous and non-cancerous tumors.

2 Sep 2009

Grossman Burn Center will be relocating to West Hills Hospital & Medical Center in 2010

Grossman Burn Center, one of the nation's leading burn care facilities, will be relocating from Sherman Oaks Hospital to West Hills Hospital & Medical Center in the first quarter of 2010. The joint announcement was made on Monday, August 31, 2009.

2 Sep 2009

ArthroCare to use funding for general corporate purposes after retiring debt

ArthroCare Corp. (Pink Sheets: ARTC) today announced that it has closed its previously announced financing with One Equity Partners (OEP), the global private equity investment arm of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

2 Sep 2009

Global Health Partner utilizes existing share purchase warrants

Global Health Partner’s (STO:GHP) CEO Per Båtelson and Deputy CEO Johan Wachtmeister have utilized existing share purchase warrants and acquired 527,444 and 527,445 shares, respectively, in Global Health Partner. The warrants were issued by a number of Global Health Partner’s shareholders, mainly by Metroland BVBA, and the strike price was 75 pence, corresponding to approximately SEK 8.75.

1 Sep 2009

TransPharma's Phase 2A trial of ViaDerm-hPTH(1-34) for treating severe osteoporosis is successful

TransPharma Medical Ltd., a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of drug products utilizing a proprietary active transdermal drug delivery technology, announced today the successful completion of the Phase 2A trial of ViaDerm-hPTH(1-34) which is being developed for the treatment of severe osteoporosis.

1 Sep 2009

Rodents may serve as useful models to interpret parent-offspring relationships

Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have demonstrated that prairie voles may be a useful model in understanding the neurochemistry of social behavior. By influencing early social experience in prairie voles, researchers hope to gain greater insight into what aspects of early social experience drive diversity in adult social behavior.

1 Sep 2009

New director appointed at the Saint John’s Neuroscience Institute

Saint John’s Health Center today announced the appointment of world-renowned neurosurgeon Amin Kassam, MD, as Director of the new Saint John’s Neuroscience Institute and faculty member of the John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John’s. Dr. Kassam will lead the development of the new Neuroscience Institute which will offer an international minimally invasive neurosurgery center, as well as neuro-oncology, neuro-vascular surgery and other neuroscience services.

31 Aug 2009

Spinal implant developed by Sanfor Clinic neurosurgeon receives FDA market clearance

Sanford Health, a comprehensive health care provider in the Upper Midwest, announced today a spinal implant developed by Sanford Clinic Neurosurgeon, Wilson Asfora, MD, Sanford Clinic Neurosurgery & Spine, has received United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) market clearance as a lumbar intervertebral body fusion device.

31 Aug 2009

Cyberknife Robotic Radiosurgery System to be showcased at the ESTRO conference

Accuray Incorporated, a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that the company will showcase the treatment planning capabilities of the CyberKnife(R) Robotic Radiosurgery System at the 10th Biennial European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) Conference on Physics and Radiation Technology for Clinical Radiotherapy in Maastricht, The Netherlands.

31 Aug 2009

Medtronic defends payments to physicians

Medtronic, which has been the focus of recent reports detailing its payments to doctors, is defending that practice. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports: "At the annual shareholder meeting of Medtronic Inc.

28 Aug 2009

FDA provides marketing clearance for the spinal implant developed by Sanford Health

28 Aug 2009

Cardea and Optasia to collaborate on configuring their Vertebral Fracture Assessment software tools

Cardea Technology, Inc. and Optasia Medical Ltd., announce plans to collaborate and configure their software tools for Vertebral Fracture Assessment, a method for evaluating vertebral fractures from images on bone densitometers, to exchange information and create reports for the management of osteoporosis.

28 Aug 2009

Seminar on epigenetics and applied positive psychology for health and longevity

Jennifer Mc Donell offers her audiences a unique opportunity to hear how she survived an airplane crash. Inspiring her audiences with her experience of overcoming one difficulty after another, Jennifer is in the San Francisco Bay area September/early October.

27 Aug 2009

Versa Card enters into a Medical Services Agreement with Northshore Orthopedics

Versa Card, Inc., doing business as "Spine Pain Management, Inc." (the "Company"), has entered into a Medical Services Agreement with Northshore Orthopedics, Assoc. ("NSO") to open its first spine injury treatment center in Houston, Texas.

26 Aug 2009

Adolescents engaged in dangerous activities are associated with increased brain maturity

A new study using brain imaging to study teen behavior indicates that adolescents who engage in dangerous activities have frontal white matter tracts that are more adult in form than their more conservative peers.

26 Aug 2009

US Spine's newly launched Preference 2 Complex Spine System to treat complex spinal pathologies

US Spine is pleased to announce the commercial launch of the Preference 2 Complex Spine System. The product has been in use at select sites throughout the spring and summer, with strong clinical feedback and results. The introduction of this product has improved the company’s pedicle screw business nearly 75% compared to last year at the same time.

26 Aug 2009

Optima MR450w wide bore MR system from GE Healthcare to cater to the needs of obese and claustrophobic patients

As the need for wider MR systems increases, the industry has grappled over technology barriers preventing larger systems from offering advanced image quality. Addressing this issue, GE Healthcare introduces Optima MR450w, an MR system with a wider bore that provides the most advanced image quality, and in less scans.

25 Aug 2009

Comparative effectiveness: Back surgery remains popular despite poor study results

Studies have recently found that vertebroplasty - a type of back surgery in which cement is injected into the spine - isn't effective, but many patients and their doctors insist it works.

25 Aug 2009

Spine News and Research

PASS LP spinal system for treating complex deformities receives FDA approval

Banner Good Samaritan treats cancers and neurological disorders with the Novalis Tx radiosurgery platform

St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital uses CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery system for treating tumours

Grossman Burn Center will be relocating to West Hills Hospital & Medical Center in 2010

ArthroCare to use funding for general corporate purposes after retiring debt

Global Health Partner utilizes existing share purchase warrants

TransPharma's Phase 2A trial of ViaDerm-hPTH(1-34) for treating severe osteoporosis is successful

Rodents may serve as useful models to interpret parent-offspring relationships

New director appointed at the Saint John’s Neuroscience Institute

Spinal implant developed by Sanfor Clinic neurosurgeon receives FDA market clearance

Cyberknife Robotic Radiosurgery System to be showcased at the ESTRO conference

Medtronic defends payments to physicians

FDA provides marketing clearance for the spinal implant developed by Sanford Health

Cardea and Optasia to collaborate on configuring their Vertebral Fracture Assessment software tools

Seminar on epigenetics and applied positive psychology for health and longevity

Versa Card enters into a Medical Services Agreement with Northshore Orthopedics

Adolescents engaged in dangerous activities are associated with increased brain maturity

US Spine's newly launched Preference 2 Complex Spine System to treat complex spinal pathologies

Optima MR450w wide bore MR system from GE Healthcare to cater to the needs of obese and claustrophobic patients

Comparative effectiveness: Back surgery remains popular despite poor study results

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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