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In a new procedure, researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have grown new cheekbones for a teenage patient using a combination of donor bone, growth hormone and the patient's own stem cells, according to a release by the hospital.

The first two implantations have been conducted of Impliant's Tops VersaLink System, which allows the surgeon to treat different stages of spinal degeneration at two or more adjacent vertebral segments, according to a release from Impliant.

Kimberly-Clark Corp. has acquired I-Flow Corp, a manufacturer of pain management and drug delivery technology, for $276 million, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

John Allen Thompson, DC , a chiropractor based in Shreveport, La., pleaded guilty to two counts of healthcare fraud, avoiding a federal trial at which he would have faced 72 counts of healthcare fraud and one count of conspiracy to…

Andrew L. Sokol and Julie B. Weisberg, licensed chiropractors based in Marietta, Ga., were arraigned on charges they submitted millions of dollars of fraudulent insurance claims to Blue Cross Blue Shield and other private insurers for physical therapy services that…

Hanger Orthopedic Group, an orthotic and prosthetic device maker based in Bethesda, Md., has expanded its operations with the $10.7 million acquisition of Creative Orthotics & Prosthetics, Custom Orthopedics of Wyoming and specific orthotic assets from the Hospital of the…

The University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, unveiled its new $6-million Institute for Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, according to a report in the Cedar Rapids Gazette.

Jeremy Reed, DO, a primary care physician specializing in sports medicine, has joined the staff of Ozarks Medical Center Orthopedic Clinic in West Plains, Mo., according to a report in The Baxter Bulletin.

Kelly Dean Shrum, MD, an obstetrician and gynecologist based in Pine Bluff, Ark., has been indicted on charges of healthcare fraud, misbranding and money laundering by a federal grand jury, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice.

Biomet has announced the financial results for its first fiscal quarter of 2010 ending Aug. 31, 2009, according to a Biomet news release.