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The 20th Anniversary of Artificial Disc Replacement at Texas Back Institute: What This Means for the Future

March 25, 2020 / by Texas Back Institute Anniversaries serve an important function. They allow us to reflect on how far we have come, and where we can still go in the future. This year is the 20th anniversary of the artificial disc replacement procedure being performed at Texas Back Institute and thousands of patients are celebrating with …

Precision Spine® Launches Nationally the Reform® POCT System, Offering Versatile Solutions for Posterior Cervical Stabilization

March 25, 2020 PARSIPPANY, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Precision Spine, Inc., a medical device company dedicated to Made-in-the-USA manufacturing, has nationally launched the Reform POCT (Posterior Occipital Cervical Thoracic) System, which is a posterior spinal fixation system that offers surgeons the versatility and flexibility necessary to achieve stability in the occiput, cervical and thoracic spine (Occiput-T3) when engaging …

What we know: How the $2T coronavirus stimulus will affect you and the economy

March 25, 2020 / Paul Davidson, USA TODAY The Senate reached a deal on a sweeping $2 trillion stimulus package Wednesday that extends an extraordinary lifeline to Americans in virtually every circumstance who have been affected by the coronavirus – workers, the unemployed, the self-employed and contractors. Meanwhile, businesses large and small would receive hundreds …

Microbiologist testing drugs on live coronavirus sample: ‘I’m very optimistic we can find something’

March 25, 2020 / By Yael Halon | Fox News A Boston University microbiologist who will begin testing potentially life-saving drugs against a live sample of the coronavirus told “Bill Hemmer Reports” Wednesday that he is “extremely optimistic.” “We will take drugs that are already out there on the market to test them and see if they are effective,” Robert Davey said, “and then we’re going to test new chemicals …

‘I’m Mentally and Physically Exhausted.’ Healthcare Workers Battling Coronavirus Are Running Out of Protective Gear

March 24, 2020 / BY ABBY VESOULIS  At the Southeast Florida emergency room where 62-year-old nurse Penny Blake works, hospital administrators put gloves, cleaning supplies, and N-95 masks behind lock and key because people were stealing them. Twelve hundred miles away, at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City, N-95 masks, which are only supposed to …

Tim Cook Says Apple Is Sourcing 10 Million Masks From Its Supply Chainworkers

March 25, 2020 / Rachel Sandler, Forbes Staff Topline: Tim Cook on Wednesday said Apple has used its supply chain to procure and donate 10 million N95 protective masks to combat the coronavirus, making Apple one of several California tech companies pitching in as hospitals across the country report a shortage of protective gear. In …

Both Parents Have COVID19: A Surgeon’s Story

by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., March 25, 2020 The surgical profession confers many joys and benefits, one of which is to feel a sense of control in your daily life. That control has been stripped away from most of them, including one orthopedic spine surgeon in California. This is the very personal story that Dr. …

Medical Students Are Graduating Early From NYU To Help With Coronavirus Outbreak

March 25, 2020 / BY KHALEDA RAHMAN New York University’s medical school is offering its senior students the chance to graduate early so they can help combat the coronavirus pandemic. The Grossman School of Medicine made the unprecedented offer to the class of 2020 in an email on Tuesday afternoon, medical news publication Brief19 first reported. Those who …

New York is experimenting with splitting one ventilator between two patients

March 24, 2020 / BY SOPHIE LEWIS Health officials in New York are experimenting with the possibility of having two patients share one ventilator as the coronavirus pandemic has caused widespread shortages of the machine, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced in a press briefing Tuesday morning.  Cuomo emphasized the severity of the shortage of hospital equipment, including beds, ventilators and personal …

FDA says it is expediting the use of a blood plasma treatment as New York begins to roll out new clinical trials

March 25, 2020 / By Kara Scannell and Brynn Gingras, CNN (CNN) – The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it is expediting the use of a blood plasma treatment for patients seriously ill with the coronavirus, making it easier for doctors to try another tool to attack the illness. The FDA said in a news release that it …

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