ArthroCare has reported first quarter FY 2011 total revenue of $87.9 million, representing a 1.3 percent decrease from the same quarter last year, according to a company news release.
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Stryker has appointed former Johnson & Johnson executive Kevin Lobo as group president of the company's newly formed Neurotechnology and Spine Group, according to a company news release.
The U.S. Olympic Committee is endorsing standards set forth by an international committee that Olympic athletes who suffer from concussions to wait four days before resuming practice and six days before resuming competition, according to an article published in The…
Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the House and possible presidential candidate, is calling for transparency of prices for medical devices from hip implants to stents, according to a report by DOTmed.
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Dan Murrey, MD, a spine surgeon and CEO of OrthoCarolina in Charlotte, N.C., has been named the executive director of the Charlotte host committee for the 2012 Democratic National Convention, according to a practice news release.
The North American Spine Society recently laid out recommendations for a physician reimbursement system that would accurately cover the cost of providing healthcare to the country's senior population while also promoting high-quality specialty care, according to a NASS news release.
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Don Sheridan, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in Scottsdale, Ariz., will perform surgery on San Francisco Giants player Pablo Sandoval for a fractured hamate bone in his right hand, according to a report from San Jose Mercury News.