By Stuart Grant, MB, ChB, FRCA, Gavin Martin, MB, ChB, FRCA, and Ellen Flanagan, MD – Oct 5, 2016 Each year, at least 250,000 older people—those 65 years and older—are hospitalized for hip fractures. More than 95% of hip fractures are caused by falling, usually by falling sideways. Women experience three quarters of all hip fractures. Women more often have osteoporosis. Fall […]
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Monday, October 3, 2016 – Dept of Justice Hospital Chain Will Pay over $513 Million for Defrauding the United States and Making Illegal Payments in Exchange for Patient Referrals; Two Subsidiaries Agree to Plead Guilty A major U.S. hospital chain, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, and two of its Atlanta-area subsidiaries will pay over $513 million to […]
10/01/2016 – By Blake Neff Minnesota will let health insurers increase their rates by at least 50 percent next year to protect the state’s Obamacare health insurance individual market from “collapse,” the state announced Friday. The announcement came from Minnesota commerce commissioner Mike Rothman, who explained bluntly that the state’s individual market was barely staying afloat. […]
By Kathryn Doyle – September 28, 2016 (Reuters Health) – Two simple tests that can be done in a doctor’s office may be able to rule in or out a painful hip condition that is usually hard to diagnose without magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), according to a small study. A common overuse injury, gluteal tendinopathy […]
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Sept. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Osseon is pleased to announce the addition of medical device industry veterans Eric Gilbert as VP of Sales, and Paul Rogan as Area Sales Manager. Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Rogan will join the existing Sales Management team as the company continues to expand its market share. In response to the company’s rapid growth, Osseon has […]
September 29, 2016 GAINESVILLE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Exactech, Inc. (EXAC), a developer and producer of bone and joint restoration products for hip, knee, shoulder and spine, today announced positive surgeon feedback on first surgeries performed with the ExactechGPS® Guided Personalized Surgery system’s new Total Shoulder Application, which combines preoperative planning with intraoperative computer-assisted technology. Pierre-Henri Flurin, […]
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Phygen, LLC, a company focused on the development of devices used in the stabilization and repair of spinal disease and trauma, today announced that it has received a Notice of Allowance for its latest pedicle screw assembly utilizing the AutoLok technology. The unique design and its inherent resistance to back-out will […]
BURLINGTON, Mass., Sept. 29, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Flexion Therapeutics, Inc.(Nasdaq:FLXN) announced today that it has appointed John Magee as Vice President of Sales, the latest of several key appointments to the company’s leadership team. Mr. Magee has more than 35 years of experience as a sales professional. Prior to joining Flexion, he was head […]
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