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Spine
The T1 Pelvic Angle, a Novel Radiographic Measure of Global Sagittal Deformity, Accounts for Both Spinal Inclination and Pelvic Tilt and Correlates with Health-Related Quality of Life
Themistocles Protopsaltis, MD; Frank Schwab, MD; Nicolas Bronsard, MD; Justin S. Smith, MD, PhD; EricKlineberg, MD; Gregory Mundis, MD; Devon…
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Hospitals
House Passes Legislation that Both Repeals and Refunds the 2.3% Device Excise Tax
BY ANDREW VAHRADIAN, SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 In the last action till after the mid-term elections in November, the U.S. House…
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Spine
AxioMed Spine Corp. is up for sale
By CHUCK SODER October 03, 2014 2:58 PM AxioMed Spine Corp. has been put up for sale by its senior…
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Spine
VertiFlex Secures $6,000,000 New Financing
Date10/2/2014 Company NameVertiFlex Mailing Address1351 Calle Avanzado San Clemente, CA 92673 USA Company DescriptionFounded in Carlsbad, California in 2005, VertiFlex…
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Recon
FREE JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGERY FOR NEEDY
Biloine W. Young • Wed, October 1st, 2014 Christmas will arrive early for a few joint replacement patients who will…
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Financial
Exclusive – Facebook plots first steps into healthcare
BY CHRISTINA FARR AND ALEXEI ORESKOVIC (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) already knows who your friends are and the kind…
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Hospitals
Medical device tax: A hat trick of futility
October 3, 2014 by Brian Johnson The medical device tax has achieved such a hat trick of futility that you…
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Hospitals
SUNSHINE ACT DISCLOSURES OFF TO CLOUDY START
Walter Eisner • Wed, October 1st, 2014 Ready or not and 33% incomplete, CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)…
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Hospitals
Judge tosses FDA whistleblowers lawsuit
October 3, 2014 by Brad Perriello A federal judge in Washington tosses a lawsuit filed by FDA whistleblowers who accused…
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Sports Medicine
Identifying which genes are active in muscles of men and women
New report in The FASEB Journal maps the transcriptome of human skeletal muscle, revealing never-before-identified gene activity and that men…
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Recon
Weekly musculoskeletal pain on the rise among young adults
By Lucy Piper, Senior medwireNews Reporter 29 September 2014 Eur J Pain 2014; 18: 1316–1322 medwireNews: Research from Finland shows…
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Hospitals
Analysis: Government’s new doctor payments website worthy of a recall
October 2, 2014 by MassDevice Health reporter Charles Ornstein takes a test drive using the federal government’s new website for…
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Recon
10 things to know about orthopedics
Written by Carrie Pallardy From the most common procedures to surgeon compensation, here are 10 things to know about orthopedic…
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Recon
Will Technology Replace Doctors?
JOE FLOWER Put the question in 1880: Will technology replace farmers? Most of them. In the 19th century, some 80%…
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Financial
Is Orthofix still a good bet? These investors think so — 5 things to know
Written by Laura Dyrda Camber Capital Management surged its exposure to Orthofix in the middle of the company’s ongoing efforts…
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