A $40 million Sports Medicine and Performance Center is planned to begin construction in mid-2018 and open on the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs campus by the end of 2019, according to The Gazette.
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University College London researchers found drugs used for mood disorder treatment could also reduce chronic pain, according to Health Canal. The researchers analyzed mice lacking the protein FKBP51, which is responsible for regulating stress.
Elise Morgan, PhD, a Boston University mechanical engineering professor, is researching how to better predict spinal fractures, according to BU Today.
Big data may present a new way to understand healthcare, moving away from evidence-based medicine, according to Forbes.
Mequon, Wisc.-based Titan Spine saw a 51 percent increase in sales of its Endoskeleton interbody fusion devices in 2015.
K2M Group Holdings' stock increased 2.08 percent in shorted shares, according to FDA News Alert.
A U.S. Northwest health plan has now approved coverage and reimbursement for a ReWalk personal exoskeleton system, according to StreetInsider.com.
Healthgrades named Meadville (Pa.) Medical Center to its "America's 100 Best Hospitals" for orthopedic and surgery joint replacement list, according to The Meadville Tribune.
Justin Park, MD, a spine surgeon at Baltimore-based Mercy Medical Center said recent innovations in spine surgery have allowed the surgeons to increasingly perform spine surgery in the outpatient setting, according to WBALTTV 11.
On Feb. 14, orthopedic surgeon David A. Kieffer, MD, died from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, according to Road Racing World.