Spine

Through its Medical Research Scholars Program, National Institute of Health offers 55 medical, dental and veterinary students the opportunity to participate in a residential research-oriented program.

Atlanta-based Emory University researchers found a relationship between smoking and degenerative disc disease in the cervical spine, according to News-Medical. The researchers presented their findings at the Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting in Sacramento, Calif.

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Chicago-based Northwestern University researchers studied the impact of early rehabilitation for traumatic spinal cord injury patients, according to News-Medical. The researchers presented their findings at the Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual…

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., unveiled its $16.5 million neurosciences intensive care unit for neurology and neurosurgery patients.

A new U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and Stanford (Calif.) Health study found between 30 percent and 50 percent of lumbar spine MRIs are inappropriately ordered, according to Scope. The American Journal of Managed Care published the study.

A new study published in Spine examines pediatric cervical spine and spinal cord injury outcomes.

Bone Therapeutics, a Belgium-based bone cell therapy company, treated 12 patients in its ALLOB Phase IIA spinal fusion trial.

A new Spinal Cord study analyzed the effectiveness of human olfactory bulb neural stem cells for rats with spinal cord injuries, according to New Journal.

United Kingdom-based University of Cambridge Professor James Fawcett, PhD, is creating a device to control bladder in spinal cord injury patients, according to Medical Xpress.

Cincinnati-based Christ Hospital signed a contract with UnitedHealth Group's Optum to cover the full costs of employees' total hip and knee replacements and some spinal surgery, according to Cincinnati Business Courier.