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FDA Grants Conditional Approval To Interventional Spine's PercuDyn™ System IDE Application
Jul 03, 2008 -- Interventional Spine, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Company's investigational device exemption (IDE) application for its PercuDyn System for the treatment of degenerative disc disease (DDD)...
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Highlights From EULAR 2008, The Annual European Congress Of Rheumatology
Jul 03, 2008 -- Half of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis treated with the anti-tumour necrosis factor inhibitor (anti-TNF) infliximab plus methotrexate achieve remission, and up to one in five achieve drug-free remission, according to five-year follow-up results from the BeSt study...
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New Book For Parents Of Children With Juvenile Arthritis
Jul 02, 2008 -- The Arthritis Foundation announces the publication of a new book for parents of children with juvenile arthritis (JA)...
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Small Protein May Have Big Role In Making More Bone And Less Fat
Jul 02, 2008 -- "The pathways are parallel, and the idea is if you can somehow disrupt the fat production pathway, you will get more bone," says Dr. Xingming Shi, bone biologist at the Medical College of Georgia Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics...
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Integration Of Joint Replacements Improved By Coating Titanium With Polymer
Jul 02, 2008 -- Research at the Georgia Institute of Technology shows that coating a titanium implant with a new biologically inspired material enhances tissue healing, improves bone growth around the implant and strengthens the attachment and integration of the implant to the bone...
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Increased Risk Of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis When Birth Weight Exceeds 10 Pounds
Jul 01, 2008 -- People who have a birthweight over 10 pounds are twice as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis when they are adults compared to individuals born with an average birthweight, according to a study published by researchers from Hospital for Special Surgery online in advance of pri...
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MRSA Linked To Rising Number Of Severe Bone Infections, Health Complications In Children
Jul 01, 2008 -- The emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as a major pathogen has led to more complications and longer hospital stays for children with acute bone infections, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report...
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Adult Stem Cells Reprogammed In Their Natural Environment
Jul 01, 2008 -- In recent years, stem cell researchers have become very adept at manipulating the fate of adult stem cells cultured in the lab. Now, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies achieved the same feat with adult neural stem cells still in place in the brain...
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Rivaroxaban First Novel Oral Anticoagulant To Significantly Reduce The Composite Outcome Of Symptomatic VTE And Death
Jul 01, 2008 -- Results from a pre-specified pooled analysis of three Phase III studies, RECORD1, 2 and 3, were presented at the 20th International Congress on Thrombosis (ICT) in Athens...
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Scientists Research Use Of Electrical Stimulation To Make Artificial Limbs 'Feel' Real
Jun 30, 2008 -- Scientists are investigating whether by electrically stimulating the skin they can 'trick' the brain into making an artificial limb feel like a real part of the body, in the hope of improving the quality of amputees' lives...
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