By John R. Treace Morale—the esprit de corps or “spirit of the body”—is the capacity of a group of people to hold a common spirit of loyalty and comradeship. We think of morale as being deep-seated in the psych of
By Sean Hackbarth When Senators come back to Washington, D.C. this fall, one thing on their plate will be repealing the medical device tax: The Senate will make an effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act’s medical-device tax before the end
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/rwd7br/global_sports) has announced the addition of the “Global Sports Medicine Market (By Segment) and Company Analysis to 2020” report to their offering. The global sports medicine market has been continuously rising over the year and has a rosy future
Background: The proportion of patients perceiving their symptoms as either acceptable or as a failure of treatment after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) is unknown. Commonly used outcome scores such as the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) suffer from
By Robert Linnehan According to the results of a recently published study, black patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis had great spinal curve magnitudes and higher percentages of spines with curves in the surgical range compared with patients o…
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. (NVIV) today announced that Alex Aimetti, Ph.D., Senior Director, Medical Education and Scientific Support, will be giving a poster presentation at the 17th Annual Spinal Research Network Meeting to be held September 4-5, 2015 in London,
By Premier Health Few people appreciate the usefulness of their spine until it can no longer function properly. The spine — a row of 33 bones in the back — is an incredibly useful machine, enabling someone to stand, walk
By Arundhati Parmar Recently, Medtronic’s CEO, Omar Ishrak, made himself available for an interview on a wide range of topics related to medtech, his own company and the changing healthcare paradigm. In the near 40-minute interview at the company’s erstwhile