While heroin overdoses are more common among blacks, prescription painkillers overdoses are more common among middle-aged, white females, according to findings reported at the American Public Health Association meeting, according to a MedPage Today report.
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Race, ethnicity and insurance status can have an impact on the timing of intervention and outcomes after spine surgery, according to two studies that were presented at the North American Spine Society annual meeting.
North American Spine Society and Orthofix have partnered to raise more than $31,000 for victims of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan earlier this year, according to a NASS news release.
A new study presented at North American Spine Society's annual meeting in Chicago shows that patients can prevent spine problems by taking additional vitamin D, according to a NASS news release.
North American Spine Society's The Spine Journal has selected the recipients of the 2011 Outstanding Paper Awards and Editors' Choice Awards, which were announced at the NASS annual meeting in Chicago.
Fifty-four percent of physicians said electronic health records are safer than paper medical records, according to a Practice Fusion news release.
Spine device company Lanx has appointed Ryan DenHaese, MD, a neurosurgeon with Buffalo Spine Surgery in Lockport, N.Y., as medical education director, according to a company news release.
New research conducted by orthopedic surgeons from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia shows that anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus tears among adolescent athletes have increased dramatically over the past 12 years.
RTI Biologics, a provider of orthopedic and other biologic implants, has reported worldwide revenues of $42.3 million for the third quarter of 2011, up 1 percent compared to the third quarter of 2010.