The scalpels have been pulled to gut Tom Price, M.D.’s nomination as the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Price is the orthopedic surgeon and Republican Congressman from Georgia that President-elect Trump picked to lead the charge to take apart Obamacare. On January 5, 2017, the Democrats demanded an ethics probe of Price’s stock trades. […]
K2M Group Holdings, Inc., has received 510(k) clearances from the FDA to market the Cascadia Cervical and the Cascadia AN Lordotic Oblique Interbody Systems. In a June 1, 2016 announcement the company said the clearances enhance the company’s 3D-printed spine portfolio and positions K2M as “the product offering leader in the 3D printing of spinal […]
Patients with osteoarthritis in their knees or hips are often given shots containing corticosteroids to suppress pain and inflammation. Now two studies presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) suggest these shots also suppress the body’s immune system. As the PR Newswire put it, “Patients with suppressed immune […]
A research team in Milan, Italy has used skin-derived stem cells (SDSCs) along with a collagen tube designed to successfully bridge gaps in injured nerves in rat models to rescue the peripheral nerves in the upper arms of a patient who, otherwise, would have had to undergo amputations. The researchers have followed up on the […]
NuVasive, Inc. boss Alex Lukianov would call it a proliferation of “Speed of Innovation and Absolute Responsiveness” into the Land of the Rising Sun. On April, 24, 2013, the company announced the official opening of its Tokyo, Japan office.
