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Sperm Chromatin Structure Assay (SCSA®)
The SCSA® is the pioneering assay for the detection of damaged sperm DNA and altered proteins in sperm nuclei via flow cytometry of acridine orange (AO) stained sperm. The SCSA® is considered to be the most precise and repeatable test providing very unique, dual parameter data (red vs. green fluorescence) on a 1,024 × 1,024 channel scale, not only on DNA fragmentation but also on abnormal sperm characterized by lack of normal exchange of histones to protamines. Raw semen/sperm aliquots or purified sperm can be flash frozen, placed in a box with dry ice and shipped by overnight courier to an experienced SCSA&r...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Cell Biology - September 21, 2012 Category: Cytology Source Type: news

A Shocking Scandal At A Billionaire's Bone Company
Mina Kimes has an absolutely stunning piece in the current issue of Fortune, documenting how the device giant Synthes sold a bone cement for vertebroplasty, a spine-gluing procedure done to combat pain from vertebral fractures, despite a lack of evidence whether this particular glue was safe. In this case, the glue apparently wasn?t safe, and led to criminal charges for four Synthes executives.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - September 21, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Matthew Herper Source Type: news

FDA Approves New Indication For Prolia (Denosumab) For The Treatment Of Bone Loss In Men With Osteoporosis At High Risk For Fracture
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new indication for Prolia® (denosumab) as a treatment to increase bone mass in men...
Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Approvals - September 21, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Free bus pass is 'ticket to good health'
Conclusion This was a large study based on comprehensive, detailed data gathered about the travel patterns of adults of 60 and over in England. However, it has some limitations that may affect the reliability of its results. In particular, the analysis was based on cross-sectional surveys, which can only provide a “snapshot” of people’s lives at one point in time and cannot show cause and effect. It is possible, for example, that people who use public transport or walk more frequently are more likely to obtain a bus pass. This is called reverse causality. The authors also point out that: The survey’s response r...
Source: NHS News Feed - September 21, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Lifestyle/exercise Older people Source Type: news

Study Of Spinal Injury Data May Help Surgeons Treat Injured Soldiers And Civilians
Spinal injuries are among the most disabling conditions affecting wounded members of the U.S. military. Yet until recently, the nature of those injuries had not been adequately explored. In a new study recently published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS), a team of orthopaedic surgeons reviewed more than eight years of data on back, spinal column, and spinal cord injuries sustained by American military personnel while serving in Iraq or Afghanistan...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 21, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news

Fall Prevention and Osteoporosis
Source: eMedicineHealth.com - September 21, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news

Musculoskeletal injuries among victims of the Battagram, Pakistan earthquake in October 2005 - Kaim Khani GM, Baig A, Humail M, Memon M, Quarashi MA.
This study was conducted to assess the type, pattern, and severity of musculoskeletal injuries, as well as the type of simple orthopedic surgical procedures, that can be performed at the site of a disaster. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional st...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - September 21, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Joint Replacement May Not Lead to Weight LossJoint Replacement May Not Lead to Weight Loss
Obesity is a major risk factor for joint replacement, but it is not yet clear that restoring mobility via total hip replacement or total knee replacement will help patients lose weight. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Orthopaedics News Source Type: news

FDA approves Amgen's Prolia for new use
(Reuters) - Amgen Inc, the world's largest biotechnology company, said U.S. health regulators approved its Prolia injection for a new use as a treatment to increase bone mass in men with osteoporosis at high risk for fracture.
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Children! Manchester needs your teeth
The city's science festival plans a palace built out of them, as part of an exhibition on stem cell research. Then scamper outside and start counting sunflower head spiralsChidren may be a bit tetchy just now with all the challenges of going back to school, so here are two things you can get them to think about doing.Both come courtesy of Manchester Science Festival which is going to fill the city with wonders between 27 October and 4 November, with a taster Manchester Weekender on October 11-14.Here's the first: donate a milk tooth to help an artist, Gina Czarnecki, build a four-foot-high magical fairytale palace out of r...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 20, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Martin Wainwright Tags: UK news Source Type: news

Fat embolism syndrome after bone fractures - Campo-López C, Flors-Villaverde P, Calabuig-Alborch JR.
OBJECTIVES: To review the incidence, clinical features, diagnosis, therapy and mortality rates of fat embolism syndrome (FES) in a tertiary referral hospital in the last decade. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Retrospective and descriptive study of patients diagnose...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - September 20, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Discovering That Thigh Size Is A Reason Why Hip Implants Fail May Lead To Better Design
University of Iowa researchers have determined that thigh size in obese people is a reason their hip implants are more likely to fail. In a study, the team simulated hip dislocations as they occur in humans and determined that increased thigh girth creates hip instability in morbidly obese patients (those with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 40). The researchers propose that surgeons modify surgical procedures to minimize the chance of dislocation in obese patients and consider other designs for hip replacement implants...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Bones / Orthopedics Source Type: news

Gene Discovery Has Potential For Development Of New Medicines To Prevent The Most Common Fractures
A big international study has identified a special gene that regulates bone density and bone strength. The gene can be used as a risk marker for fractures and opens up opportunities for preventive medicine against fractures. The study, led by the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, was published in the journal PLoS Genetics...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Bones / Orthopedics Source Type: news

Cerebral Palsy Surgery Patients' Recovery Time Can Be Halved By New Brace
A surgeon based at Southampton's teaching hospitals has pioneered the use of a removable brace which can halve hip surgery recovery time for children with cerebral palsy. Developed by Caroline Edwards, a consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeon at Southampton General Hospital, the accelerated rehabilitation programme can see patients walking within six weeks. Conventionally, patients are placed in plaster shorts - known as a spica - for six to eight weeks...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics / Children's Health Source Type: news

Considerations for Bone Disease in Multiple Myeloma, a Clinical Context Report (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Bone complications are very common in multiple myeloma but often manifest only after causing fractures or painful erosions. Rafael Fonseca, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., explains how to pick up on the warning signs and looks at the possibility of early prevention in this exclusive Clinical Context report.
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - September 19, 2012 Category: Hematology Source Type: news

Only one in six 'baby boomers' in good health
Only one in six 'baby boomers' is retiring in good health, with most succombing to a range of conditions and diseases including high cholesterol, osteoporosis or cancer, a study has found.
Source: Telegraph Health - September 19, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: health cholesterol blood pressure cancer baby boomer Source Type: news

Toward a better material for hip replacement and other joint implants
In an advance toward a new generation of improved hip and other joint replacements, scientists are describing development of a potential implant material that flexes more like natural bone, fosters the growth of bone that keeps implants firmly in place and is less likely to fail and require repeat surgery.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - September 19, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

Titan Spine is Awarded Additional Patent Protection for its Endoskeleton(R) line of Interbody Spinal Fusion Devices
Patent also Applies to Composite Interbody Devices that Combine Metal and Polymer Materials MEQUON, Wis.--(Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network)--Titan Spine, a medical device surface technology company focused on the development of innovative spinal in... Devices, Orthopaedic, NeurosurgeryTitan Spine, interbody fusion, Endoskeleton, spinal surgery
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - September 19, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

US Experts Cautious About Good Data on PRP TherapyUS Experts Cautious About Good Data on PRP Therapy
After 20 years of use of a half-dozen PRP therapeutic applications, outcomes are described as promising but inconsistent. Medscape Orthopedics
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 19, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Orthopaedics Article Source Type: news

New gene offers hope for preventive medicine against fractures (AlphaGalileo, 18 September 2012)
An international collaborative study reports a new gene that regulates bone density and cortical bone thickness, publishing their results in PLoS Genetics. Full article
Source: Society for Endocrinology - September 19, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Speeding Up Diagnosis Of Flesh-Eating Bacterial Infection
Dr. Russell Russo, an Orthopedic Surgeon at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and other researchers stress that orthopedists should have a high index of suspicion for necrotizing fasciitis, or flesh-eating bacterial infection, in every patient with pain or other symptoms that are out of proportion to the initial diagnosis. Their recommendations are published in the September 2012 issue of Orthopedics Today...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 19, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news

Hip Replacement Patients Benefit From Apixaban
The clot-inhibiting drug apixaban (trade name: Eliquis®) was approved in May 2011 for the prevention of thrombosis (blood clots) after operations to replace a hip or knee joint. In an early benefit assessment pursuant to the "Act on the Reform of the Market for Medicinal Products" (AMNOG), the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) examined the added benefit of apixaban...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 19, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Blood / Hematology Source Type: news

Meeting materials posted for Sept. 21, 2012 Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel Meeting
Source: Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA): CDRHNew - September 19, 2012 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news

Blood Thinning Medications
After joint replacement surgery, doctors prescribe a blood thinning medication to help prevent the risk of a blood clot. While there are guidelines for how long to take blood thinning medicaitons, the exact time may deend on your individual situation.
Source: About.com Eating Disorders - September 19, 2012 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: altmedicine.guide at about.com Tags: health Source Type: news

Toward a better material for hip replacement and other joint implants
(American Chemical Society) In an advance toward a new generation of improved hip and other joint replacements, scientists are describing development of a potential implant material that flexes more like natural bone, fosters the growth of bone that keeps implants firmly in place and is less likely to fail and require repeat surgery. Their study on these so-called tantalum nanotube materials appears in ACS Applied Material & Interfaces.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 19, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Toshiba's Versatile 3T MR Offers Imaging Solutions For Diverse Clinical Applications
To meet 3T MR imaging needs for both orthopaedic and neuro exams, Shands at the University of Florida purchased two Vantage Titan 3T MR systems from Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. for the UF Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Institute and main hospital
Source: Medical Design Online News - September 18, 2012 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news

Singapore hospital upgrades orthopaedic imaging with EOS system
National University Hospital (NUH), a member of the National University Health System in Singapore, has installed EOS imaging's EOS 2D/3D orthopaedic imaging system.
Source: Hospital Management - September 18, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Mercy Fort Smith Starts Construction on $42 Million Hospital
Mercy Fort Smith starts construction on a $42 million, 24-bed orthopedic hospital on the Mercy River Valley campus.
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - September 18, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Scientists ponder interstellar travel at Nasa-backed space summit
100 Year Starship symposium brings together eclectic mix as part of mission to find way to bend the space-time continuumIn one room, scientists debated whether the White-Juday Warp Field Interferometer will help find a way to bend the space-time continuum and make interstellar travel feasible within a lifetime. In another, they estimated how many pairs of underpants an astronaut would need to pack for the trip. Later, a paper was presented on Space Propulsion Under the Changing Density Field Model, and Lt Uhura sang the theme from Star Trek.Otherworldly in more ways than one, this was the 100 Year Starship symposium, a con...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 18, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Tom Dart Tags: United States Nasa Texas World news guardian.co.uk Houston Features Science Space Source Type: news

DFINE Announces Full U.S. Commercial Release of STAR Tumor Ablation System
Procedure Offers New Hope for Patients Suffering from Painful Spinal Tumors SAN JOSE, Calif.--(Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network)--DFINE, Inc., the developer of minimally invasive radiofrequency (RF) targeted therapies for the treatment of vertebral ... Devices, Orthopaedic, Neurosurgery, OncologyDFINE, STAR Tumor Ablation System, RF ablation, vertebral body tumor
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - September 18, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Ascenda, a Stronger Catheter for Medtronic’s Baclofen Synchromed II Pump
Medtronic has announced the upcoming launch of its silicone Ascenda Catheter for use with the company’s SynchroMed II programmable baclofen injection pump. Baclofen injection (Lioresal Intrathecal) is an option over oral administration of the drug for patients with severe spasticity.The SynchroMed II pump is implanted below the skin and the Ascenda Catheter snakes from the device to the intrathecal space that surrounds the spinal cord. By directly delivering the medication to the spinal cord, side effects from the baclofen can be substantially reduced.Read More
Source: Medgadget Anesthesiology - September 18, 2012 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Gene Ostrovsky Tags: Anesthesiology Medicine Neurological Surgery Neurology Orthopedic Surgery Pain Rehab Source Type: news

K2M Receives Pediatric Clearance for MESA(R) and Rail 4D(TM) Spinal Systems
New Indication will Provide New Treatment Option for Scoliosis in Younger Patients LEESBURG, Va.--(Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network)--K2M, Inc., the largest privately held spinal device company in the world focused on developing innovative solutions... Devices, Orthopaedic, Neurosurgery, FDAK2M, MESA , Rail 4D, scoliosis
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - September 18, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Alphatec Spine Releases Alphatec NEXoss(TM) Nanostructure Bio-Active Matrix and Announces the First Patient Implant
CARLSBAD, Calif., Sept. 18, 2012 --(HSMN NewsFeed) -- Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (ATEC), the parent company of Alphatec Spine, Inc., a medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets products for the surgical treatment of spine disorde... Devices, Orthopaedic, NeurosurgeryAlphatec Spine, NEXoss, bone graft, spinal surgery
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - September 18, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

DJO Surgical, a Business Unit of DJO Global, Announces the Launch of the Movation Knee System
SAN DIEGO--(Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network)--DJO Global, Inc. ("DJO" or the "Company"), a leading provider of medical device solutions for musculoskeletal health, vascular health and pain management, announced that the first Movat... Devices, OrthopaedicDJO, Movation Knee, Total Knee, Arthroplasty
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - September 18, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Bone Loss Due To Alcoholism May Be Reclaimed By Abstinence From Alcohol Plus Physical Exercise
Osteoporosis, or reduced bone mineral density (BMD), is defined by an absolute decrease in total bone mass, caused mostly by an imbalance between osteoclastic bone resorption and osteoblastic bone formation. Reduced BMD often co-occurs with alcoholism. A study of the passage of bone formation and resorption in abstinent alcoholics has found that eight weeks of abstinence may be enough to initiate a healthier balance between the two. Results will be published in the December 2012 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research and are currently available at Early View...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 18, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Bones / Orthopedics Source Type: news

Engineering a better hip implant
(University of Iowa) A research team at the University of Iowa has engineered a better design for hip implants for obese patients. The team learned that thigh size is a reason why hip implants fail, and why it contributes to an increased rate of failure for the morbidly obese. Results are published in the journal Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 18, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

New gene offers hope for preventive medicine against fractures
(University of Gothenburg) A big international study has identified a special gene that regulates bone density and bone strength. The gene can be used as a risk marker for fractures and opens up opportunities for preventive medicine against fractures. The study, led by the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, was published in the journal PLoS Genetics.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 18, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

NFL Leg Injuries More Common on FieldTurf Than GrassNFL Leg Injuries More Common on FieldTurf Than Grass
Past research suggests newer versions of artificial turf are just as safe as grass for athletes, but a new study finds that NFL players had more knee and ankle injuries when they played on FieldTurf. Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 17, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Orthopaedics News Source Type: news

Researchers call for early diagnosis of flesh-eating infections
Researchers stress that orthopedists should have a high index of suspicion for necrotizing fasciitis, or flesh-eating bacterial infection, in every patient with pain or other symptoms that are out of proportion to the initial diagnosis.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - September 17, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

Relationship Between Depression and Subclinical LV ChangesRelationship Between Depression and Subclinical LV Changes
Does clinical depression lead to a broken heart? Heart
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 17, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Journal Article Source Type: news

Researchers call for early diagnosis of flesh-eating infections
(Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center) Dr. Russell Russo, an Orthopedic Surgeon at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and other researchers stress that orthopedists should have a high index of suspicion for necrotizing fasciitis, or flesh-eating bacterial infection, in every patient with pain or other symptoms that are out of proportion to the initial diagnosis. Their recommendations are published in the September 2012 issue of Orthopedics Today.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - September 17, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Holliston Chiropractor Explains Why Kinesiology Taping is Popular Among Athletes
HOLLISTON, Mass., Sept. 16, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Chiropractor Dr. Michael Krupa of the Holliston Spine & Sports Center says many people have asked him about the bright tape designs they noticed all over Olympic athletes during the summer. He explains that many elite athletes, sports trainers, orthopedists, chiropractors and acupuncturists use Kinesiology taping to support and protect injured, overworked muscles and soft tissues. Dr. Krupa, who is a certified tape practitioner, adds that he often uses this tape to help patients with a wide variety of sports injuries and even chronic pain conditions. He says that the tap...
Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE) - September 16, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

New Knee Implant Is Changing The Way Patients And Surgeons View Revision Hinged Knee Replacement
Smith & Nephew (NYSE: SNN; LSE: SN), the global medical technology business, today announced the launch of its LEGION(TM) HK Hinge Knee implant to surgeons in the US and Canada. As the first hinged knee to be designed using normal knee kinematics, the implant provides a new option for those patients facing difficult primary or revision knee surgery. "This signals a real change in the hinge knee landscape," explains Gaurav Agarwal, DSVP and General Manager for Smith & Nephew's Advanced Surgical Devices division...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 15, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Bones / Orthopedics Source Type: news

Preventable childhood injuries - Lovejoy S, Weiss JM, Epps HR, Zionts LE, Gaffney J.
BACKGROUND: : This is a literature review generated from The Committee on Trauma and Prevention of Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America to bring to the forefront 4 main areas of preventable injuries in children. METHODS: : Literature review of pe...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - September 15, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Abstinence from alcohol plus physical exercise can help reclaim bone loss due to alcoholism
Alcoholism is known to cause osteoporosis, or reduced bone mineral density (BMD). New findings indicate that as little as eight weeks of abstinence can initiate correction of an imbalance between bone formation and resorption due to alcohol's toxic effects. Physical activity can also serve as a protective factor against reduced BMD.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - September 14, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

Quitting Drinking May Help Alcoholics’ Bone Loss
Improvement begins after eight weeks of recovery, study shows
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Health News - September 14, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: webmaster at doctorslounge.com Tags: Orthopedics, Rheumatology, Dependence, Preventive Medicine, News, Source Type: news

Half of drugs prescribed in France useless or dangerous, say two specialists
The doctors claim that the state wastes money on unnecessary medicine that they blame for up to 20,000 deaths annuallyHalf of all medicines being prescribed by doctors in France are either useless or potentially dangerous for patients, according to two eminent medical specialists. They blame the powerful pharmaceutical companies for keeping these drugs on sale at huge expense to the health system and the taxpayer.Professor Philippe Even, director of the prestigious Necker Institute, and Bernard Debré, a doctor and member of parliament, say removing what they describe as superfluous and hazardous drugs from the list of tho...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 14, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Kim Willsher Tags: The Guardian World news Pharmaceuticals industry Medical research Europe France Business Science Source Type: news

Hyperthermic-Related Challenges in AthletesHyperthermic-Related Challenges in Athletes
Those who engage in swimming, athletics, football, tennis and triathlons face hyperthermic-related hazards. What factors contribute to these risks, and how can they be minimized? British Journal of Sports Medicine
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 14, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Orthopaedics Journal Article Source Type: news

First Pediatric Study To Look At The Role Of Vitamin D In Critical Illness
Vitamin D is increasingly being recognized as important for good health. Vitamin D is a hormone made in the skin following sun exposure or acquired from diet and supplement intake. Previous medical research has shown that low body levels of vitamin D make people more susceptible to problems such as bone fractures, poor mental health and infections like the common cold. Until recently, there had been little consideration given to the role of vitamin D in more severe diseases, which is why Dr. Dayre McNally's recent publication in the esteemed scientific journal Pediatrics is so compelling...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 14, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics / Children's Health Source Type: news

Abstinence from alcohol plus physical exercise can help reclaim bone loss due to alcoholism
(Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research) Alcoholism is known to cause osteoporosis, or reduced bone mineral density (BMD). New findings indicate that as little as eight weeks of abstinence can initiate correction of an imbalance between bone formation and resorption due to alcohol's toxic effects. Physical activity can also serve as a protective factor against reduced BMD.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - September 14, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news