Board-certified sports medicine physician Robert Kennedy, MD, joined Harrisonburg-Va.-based James Madison University Athletics, the Staunton News Leader reports.
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Magnetic nanoparticles may be used to deliver chemotherapy drugs to difficult-to-reach spinal cord tumors, according to a proof-of-concept study in an animal model published in Scientific Reports.
Medical 3D printer manufacturer Kumovis won the Munich Business Plan Competition 2018 in Germany, according to Innovation Origins.
BioRestorative Therapies develops stem cell treatments for chronic back pain caused by disc degeneration.
Healthcare artificial intelligence company CloudMedx is collaborating with UC San Francisco's orthopedic surgery department to improve patient outcomes after joint replacement surgery.
Alexis Waguespack, MD, of New Orleans-based Spinecare Medical Group, performed a two-level cervical disc replacement procedure using the Mobi-C Cervical Disc.
As physicians move away from opioid painkillers, Pfizer's injectable drug Depo-Medrol is growing in popularity as a treatment for back pain despite warnings of the risk it carries for spinal use, The New York Times reports.
Seton Medical Center Harker Heights (Texas) earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement, the Killeen Daily Herald reported.
The global thoracolumbar spine devices market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 3.78 percent compound annual growth rate between 2018 and 2022, according to a 360 Market Updates report.
The global surgical navigation systems market is anticipated to top $770 million by 2025, growing at a 3.2 percent compound annual growth rate, according to a XploreMR report.