Monday, March 3rd, 2008
CONMED Corporation (Nasdaq: CNMD), a medical technology company specializing in medical devices for surgical and patient monitoring markets, announced today that the Company will participate in The Canaccord Adams Small Cap Orthopedics Conference on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at 1:30 PM Pacific time. The event will be held in San ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
A research study by orthopedic spine, back and neck surgeon at Rush University Medical Center Dr. Howard An and colleagues found that patients who underwent surgery for spinal stenosis showed significantly more improvement in all primary outcomes than did patients who were treated nonsurgically. The study findings were published in ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Notch, a protein known to govern the determination of cell differentiation into different kinds of tissues in embryos, plays a critical role in bone formation and strength later in life, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in a report that appears online in the journal Nature Medicine. ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
New research to be carried out at The University of Nottingham could have a major impact on the way that people struggling with low back pain are helped to stay in work.
Back pain is one of the main causes of absence from work in the UK. In 2004-5 approximately 34,000 ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
The International Osteoporosis Foundation recognized sanofi-aventis, for outstanding corporate leadership through its efforts to promote good bone health to its staff.
"We are delighted to present sanofi-aventis with this certificate to recognize its adoption of the IOF Corporate Responsibility Program for Bone Health," noted IOF Chief Executive Officer Daniel Navid. "We ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
The National Osteoporosis Foundation released its new "Clinician's Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis" which represents a new era for healthcare providers in the evaluation and treatment of people with low bone mass or osteoporosis.
The Clinician's Guide was developed by an expert committee of NOF collaborating with a multi-specialty ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that previtamin D3 production varies depending on several factors including skin type and weather conditions. The study will appear in the March 2008 issue of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.
Excessive exposure to sunlight does not result in Vitamin ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Craniosynostosis, the premature fusion of the skull, is estimated to affect one out of every 2,000 babies. For the past several years, physicians have used two procedures to correct the problems. One procedure was to make an incision from ear to ear, strip back the scalp of the infant and ...
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