In July, the official journal of the North American Spine Society, The Spine Journal, released an issue dedicated to the use of recombinant bone morphogenic protein. The only BMP product on the market currently approved by the FDA for promoting…
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Thomas Byrd, MD, team physician for the Pittsburgh Pirates, recently performed hip surgery on Pirates pitcher Charlie Morton, according to an MLB report.
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Biomet recently celebrated the 35th anniversary of its Oxford Partial Knee System, which is still used today for patients with knee arthritis, according to a Biomet news release.
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons recently invited payors, purchasers, government officials, industry representatives and other healthcare stakeholders to the inaugural Orthopaedic Quality Institute in Washington, D.C., to discuss improving quality and reducing cost of orthopedic care, according to an…
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The lead researcher on a new study about pain treatment found that the presence and level of severity of pain symptom clusters affects treatment, Pain Medicine News reported.
Florida-based physician Dean Fishman, MD, has coined the term "Text Neck" as a new medical condition and has opened the Text Neck Institute to treat it, a NY Daily News report said.
ONC and Health 2.0 are seeking applications that use the popHealth tool to gather more patient populations data that healthcare providers can use to improve care, according to a Government Health IT report.
Jupiter (Fla.) Medical Center has received $5 million from the Anderson Family Charitable Fund to create The Anderson Family Orthopedic & Spine Center within its planned Florence A. De George Pavilion, according to a TC Palm report.