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Biomet's Oxford Partial Knee System Turns 35

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.

AAOS Holds Inaugural Orthopaedic Quality Institute in Washington, D.C.

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…

A New Hope for Treating Spinal Cord Injury: 5 Points on InVivo Therapeutics' Technology

InVivo Therapeutics, based in Cambridge, Mass., was founded to focus on research and development of treatment for patients with spinal cord injuries (SCI). Currently, there are no effective treatments for these patients, and much of the research focuses on treating…

Comparison of Pain Symptoms Reveals Treatment Implications

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.

Physician Identifies "Text Neck" as New Medical Condition

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, Health 2.0 Seek popHealth App for Gathering Patient Populations Data

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 Medical Center Receives $5M for New Orthopedic and Spine Center

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.

5 Ideas for Increasing Orthopedic Practice Revenue

Here are five ways orthopedic practices can increase revenue.

Montana's St. Vincent Healthcare to Build $8.2M Orthopedic Center of Excellence

St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings, Mont., will renovate and expand its current orthopedic unit to create an $8.2 million Orthopedic Center of Excellence, according to a Billings Gazette report.

Study Finds High Rate of Hip Impingement Among College Football Players

Among collegiate football players, the instances of morphologic abnormalities associated with cam and pincer femoroacetabular impingement are more common than previously thought, according to a study reported in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.