Adult scoliosis: Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute
Scoliosis is not a condition that develops in just teenagers. The S-shaped or C-shaped curve in the spine can happen to anybody at any age. In this Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute, orthopedic surgeon?Dr. Paul Huddleston?talks about detecting and treating scoliosis, including surgical options. To listen, click the link below. Adult Scoliosis (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - December 15, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Scoliosis
(Source: eMedicineHealth.com)
Source: eMedicineHealth.com - December 13, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Scoliosis
Title: ScoliosisCategory: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 8/30/1999 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/30/2016 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General)
Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General - November 30, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Matilda actress Lucy-Mae Beacock appeals for £175k for life-changing operation
Lucy-Mae Beacock, from north London, was warned by doctors that the end of her acting career could be over after she developed scoliosis last year. She is now fundraising for an operation in the US. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for November 28, 2016
Say hello to MassDevice +5, a bite-sized view of the top five medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 5 biggest and most influential stories from the day’s news to make sure you’re up to date on the headlines that continue to shape the medical device industry.
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5. Navidea deals NA Lymphoseek rights to Cardinal Health in $310m deal
Navidea Biopharmaceuticals said today that it inked a definitive asset purchase agreement with Cardinal Health for Navidea’s Lymphoseek product.
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Source: Mass Device - November 28, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: MassDevice Tags: News Well Plus 5 Source Type: news
B. Braun ’ s Aesculap puts nearly $3m into ApiFix
B. Braun’s Aesculap division today invested $2.8 million into ApiFix’s $5 million Series B financing round to help support ApiFix’s minimally invasive, non-fusion spinal implant system designed to treat adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
The ApiFix device, which won CE Mark clearance for use in the European Union in 2012, is designed to correct adolescent idiopathic scoliosis without the use of fusion to avoid the potential for loss of spine mobility, the company said.
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Source: Mass Device - November 28, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Business/Financial News Spinal Apifix B. Braun Medical Inc. The Trendlines Group Source Type: news
B. Braun / Trendlines Partnership Leads to ApiFix Investment
MISGAV, Israel and TUTTLINGEN, Germany, Nov. 28, 2016 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- B. Braun Melsungen, The Trendlines Group and ApiFix jointly announced B. Braun's lead position in ApiFix's B round financing; ApiFix is a Trendlines portfol... Devices, Orthopaedic, Neurosurgery, Venture Capital B. Braun, Trendlines Group, ApiFix, Scoliosis (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - November 28, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Giving thanks: Stories of volunteerism, gratitude and giving back
Thanksgiving Day is a time rich in family, gratitude and appreciation. In honor of the holiday, we are celebrating the patient families who have traveled through our doors and the selfless acts of kindness and volunteerism that follow.
Donating platelets and cycling for a cause
Ten years ago, Adam Nussenbaum’s son Max was treated at Boston Children’s and overcame a life threatening illness. Today, Adam gives his time — and platelets — to help those in need, and he is doing so in celebration of Max; his daughter Kate, who donated her bone marrow to help her brother; and the clinicians, who made his...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - November 24, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Maureen McCarthy Tags: Our Patients’ Stories bone marrow transplant cerebral palsy Dr. James Kasser Family Advisory Council Heart Center Kawasaki disease Learning disabilities NICU patient partner platelet donation scoliosis Source Type: news
Detecting Early Stages of Idiopathic Scoliosis Spinal Deformity
3D symmetry recognition system detects early stages of idiopathic scoliosis, a curvature of the spine (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - November 21, 2016 Category: Disability Tags: Back Pain & Disk Treatment Source Type: news
A new system to detect spinal deformity
(Hokkaido University) Researchers have developed a symmetry-recognition system for the surface of the human back that can three-dimensionally detect the early stages of idiopathic scoliosis, a type of spinal deformity, without the help of a specialist doctor. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 21, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Engineering students creating scoliosis brace that focuses on comfort, fit, design
Mechanical engineering students are collaborating with a local doctor and a private company to create a brace that, well, fits like a glove —and is just as comfortable. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 2, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
FDA clears components for K2M ’ s Mesa spine implant
K2M (NSDQ:KTWO) said today it won FDA 510(k) clearance for screw and connector components used as part of the company’s Mesa spinal system.
The newly cleared components from the Leesburg, Va.-based company are designed to be used as part of a growing rod construct designed to accomodate growth in pediatric patients 10 years and younger.
“We are excited to receive FDA clearance for a growing spine application, which will provide surgeons with a new treatment option for correcting spinal deformity among a specific subset of the pediatric spinal deformity population,” prez & CEO Eric Major said in a pr...
Source: Mass Device - September 21, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: 510(k) Business/Financial News Regulatory/Compliance K2M Source Type: news
Girl who was being crushed to death by curve in her back saved by TITANIUM spine
Ellisha Hockham, 11, from Ipswich, was diagnosed with neuromuscular scoliosis - an abnormal curvature of the spine - while still in her mother's womb. She underwent 12 grueling spinal surgeries. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 20, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How Common are Herniated Disks in Children?
Discussion
Intervertebral disk herniation occurs at the same locations in pediatric patients as adults with L4-L5 and L5-S1 being the most common. Patients often (30-60% for lumbar disk patients) have a direct trauma or sports related injury that is identified before the onset of pain. There is also a group of morbidly obese patients who probably have degenerative disease. In adults and children, lumbar disk herniation is also seen with repetitive or excessive axial loading, poor conditioning, decreased range of motion and history of prior back injury. Disk herniation is caused by vertebral motion that causes increased int...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - September 19, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Zebrafish May Unlock Mystery of Human Idiopathic Adolescent Scoliosis
No abstract available (Source: Lippincott's Bone and Joint Newsletter)
Source: Lippincott's Bone and Joint Newsletter - September 17, 2016 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Snapshot Source Type: news
