Newly developed spongy polymer can help repair spine supriya kashyap kashyap20 March 2016 10:36 AM ISTWashington D.C : A team of researchers has come up with a new treatment to repair the damaged spines using a biodegradable spongy polymer.When...
Penn Doctors perform first-in-world Robot-assisted Spinal Surgery Anjali Nimesh Nimesh5 May 2018 7:02 PM ISTNoah Pernikoff is back to his life in New York City after becoming the first patient in the world to undergo a complex three-part, robotic-assisted...
Diclofenac increases MI Risk in Patients With Spondyloarthritis : Study Vinay Singh singh10 May 2018 7:10 PM ISTDiclofenac increases the risk of myocardial infarction in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA) whereas naproxen was found to be safe in...
NOS UK releases Guidance for effective identification of vertebral fractures Vinay Singh singh24 May 2018 7:01 PM ISTThe National Osteoporosis Society, UK has released necessary guidelines to ensure that all vertebral fractures are systematically identified,...
Chennai doctors straighten curved spine in girl through rope insertion Medha Baranwal Baranwal6 Sept 2018 6:00 PM ISTA group of doctors at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, successfully performed a fusion less scoliosis surgery (also called vertebral body tethering) for...
Depression closely associated with chronic low Back Pain Vinay Singh singh11 Sept 2018 8:10 PM ISTThe presence of depression was significantly associated with low back pain (LBP), especially in severely depressed individuals, reports a study...
A Case of Spinal epidural haematoma presenting with left shoulder pain Hina Zahid15 Sept 2018 6:55 PM ISTDr Kota Sakaguchi1 at General Internal Medicine, Nakagami Hospital, Okinawa, Japan and colleagues have reported a case of left shoulder pain from a...
PCI guided spinal biopsies give higher diagnostic yield Vinay Singh singh20 Sept 2018 7:05 PM ISTFor percutaneous image-guided biopsies of spinal tumorous lesions, diagnostic yield was 80% and the size, bone matrix, and final diagnosis of lesions...
Elderly patients of hip or spine fracture to be treated for osteoporosis Vinay Singh singh2 Oct 2018 7:05 PM ISTNew recommendations to intensify efforts to tackle the public health crisis in the treatment of osteoporosis and the debilitating and often deadly hip...
Men have 3 fold higher risk of repeat fracture in osteoporosis Vinay Singh singh3 Oct 2018 7:20 PM ISTElderly men have a 3 fold higher risk of repeat fracture in osteoporosis compared to women, finds a new study.Elderly people who experienced a first...
Novel treatment may stop progression of osteoarthritis Vinay Singh singh6 Oct 2018 8:20 PM ISTScientists have developed a novel therapeutic treatment that has the potential to stop knee and spine osteoarthritis from progression. The study...
New effective treatment for post surgical back pain Medha Baranwal Baranwal14 Oct 2018 7:10 PM ISTA new treatment could help those with post-surgical, chronic low back pain, according to preliminary studies utilizing a simple procedure to remove...
