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Brian Cole, M.D. Discusses Leadership of AANA

by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Brian Cole, M.D., M.B.A., a Managing Partner at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago, Illinois was recently named president of The Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA). As such, he has big plans in store for the organization. As a sports medicine surgeon, Dr. Cole knows a lot about shifting …

SpineGuard Files Its “510K” Dossier for the Clearance of Its New “DSG Connect” Platform in the United States

June 4, 2020 PARIS & BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News: SpineGuard (Paris:ALSGD) (FR0011464452 – ALSGD), an innovative company that deploys its DSG® (Dynamic Surgical Guidance) sensing technology to secure and streamline the placement of bone implants, announced today the filing of its “510K” regulatory dossier with the FDA, seeking the authorization to commercialize its DSG Connect platform …

Keep Older Hip Patients Off Opioids!

by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Elderly patients with hip fractures don’t need anything else to worry about, much less the development of an opioid problem. Fortunately, new work from Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California has found that by speeding up the time to give a fascial iliaca nerve block (FNB) can result …

Coronavirus pandemic: Updates from around the world

June 4, 2020 / By Joshua Berlinger, Brett McKeehan, Laura Smith-Spark and Peter Wilkinson, CNN Second medical journal retracts coronavirus paper over questions about data source – From CNN’s Maggie Fox The New England Journal of Medicine retracted a coronavirus study on Thursday, saying it could not guarantee the validity of the data used in the study. It was the …

NuVasive, Inc. Announces Full Exercise Of Option By Initial Purchasers To Purchase Additional 1.00% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2023

SAN DIEGO, June 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — NuVasive, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUVA) announced today that it closed the issuance of an additional $50.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the 1.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Convertible Notes”), pursuant to the exercise in full of the initial purchasers’ option to purchase such additional notes (the “Option …

Congress Agrees On Favorable Changes To Paycheck Protection Loans: What Does It Mean For Borrowers?

June 3, 2020 / Tony Nitti, Senior Contributor Earlier today, the Senate unanimously approved H.R. 7010, a bill that will dramatically alter several critical terms of the recently-enacted Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The bill, which passed the House last week and now heads to the President’s desk for signature, will provide much needed relief for …

New York–Presbyterian loses $128M in first quarter as COVID-19 takes its toll

June 4, 2020 / Jonathan LaMantia New York–Presbyterian lost $128.5 million in the first three months of 2020 as the loss of revenue from postponed procedures and higher staffing and supply costs from COVID-19 wreaked havoc on the finances of the well-heeled health system. The loss, which represented an operating margin of -5.9%, was preceded …

Titan Medical Announces Development and License Agreements With Medtronic and Senior Secured Loan

June 4, 2020 TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Titan Medical Inc. (“Titan” or “Titan Medical”) (TSX: TMD) (Nasdaq: TMDI), a medical device company focused on the design and development of single-port robotic surgical technologies, announces that it has entered into a development and license agreement with Medtronic plc (“Medtronic”) (NYSE: MDT) to further the development of robotic assisted surgical …

Genes May Leave Some People More Vulnerable to Severe Covid-19

June 3, 2020 / By Carl Zimmer Why do some people infected with the coronavirus suffer only mild symptoms, while others become deathly ill? Geneticists have been scouring our DNA for clues. Now, a study by European scientists is the first to document a strong statistical link between genetic variations and Covid-19, the illness caused by the …

Coronavirus may not be mutating, but experts say there is still potential for danger

June 4, 2020 / By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) – Covid-19 is not mutating, health experts say, but that doesn’t mean it’s not dangerous. So far, evidence does not show that the coronavirus is changing to become more severe or more transmittable, but complacency by people and local governments could increase its spread, World Health Organization infectious disease …

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