The National Hockey League issued Rule 48 this season, banning blindside hits to the head to combat the growing number of concussions sustained by professional hockey players during the season, according to an ESPN report.
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New Jersey will sign into law comprehensive concussion prevention and treatment law to be implemented by the 2011-2012 academic year, focusing on athletic head injury safety programs, according to a New Jersey Today report.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York issued a subpoena to Medtronic seeking information about the company's neurostimulation products, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
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Frank P. Cammisa, Jr., MD, is the chief of the spine service at the Hospital for Special Surgery and an associate professor of orthopedic surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. He regularly offers his expertise to…
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Both Houses of Congress have approved a one-year Medicare fee-fix, which averts a 25 percent reimbursement cut for physicians, and President Obama is expected to sign it, according to a report by the Hill.
Ultrasound-guided injection of autologous skin-derived tendon-like cells can be used to treat patellar tendinopathy with greater improvement in pain and function than with plasma alone for short-term use, according to an article published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Lumbar interspinous spacers could have a beneficial effect in a select group of patients with degenerative diseases of the lumbar spine, according to an article published in Spine.
Competition will intensify for the $740 million minimally invasive spinal fusion market over the next few years as more companies challenge industry leaders NuVasive and Medtronic Spinal & Biologics, according to a Millennium Research Group report.