Month: April 2011

The number of people treated in U.S. hospitals for illnesses and injuries from taking medicines jumped 52% between 2004 and 2008 – 1.2 million to 1.9 million – according to an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality press release. These…

Fisher House Foundation announced its support of the 2011 Warrior Games presented by Deloitte. The competition, a joint effort between the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) and the Department of Defense, will take place May 16-21, at the U.S. Olympic Training…

A “low-carb, mixed-carb” sports drink with added protein leads to prolonged endurance performance in trained female athletes, according to a study in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. The endurance gain likely reflects the added protein as well as…

More than 2.1 million people live with the unpredictable challenges of multiple sclerosis (MS) worldwide. The National MS Society has committed $17.5 million to support 50 new research projects as part of its comprehensive strategy to stop MS, restore function…

Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. announced the completion of 3 and 6 month clinical follow-ups. Data from its two open label, dose escalation, Phase I clinical trials conducted in the United States and Germany suggests that Pluristem’s placenta-derived cell therapy, PLX-PAD, is…

    Matt Albuquerque Citing the company’s innovation and perseverance, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has named Manchester, N.H.-based Next Step Orthotics & Prosthetics as one of the seven regional finalists for the 2011 DREAM BIG Small Business of the…

    Brandon Barth In a statement, Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics announced that Brandon Barth, board-eligible orthotist, 26 years old, suffered an Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) and died Saturday, April 9. Barth was a resident in Hanger’s Phoenix, Ariz. office where…

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that South African athlete Fanie Lombaard has been suspended for 1 year and fined following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation, according to a press release. Lombaard returned an adverse analytical finding for Probenecid in…

    Brian G. Weinshenker Professor Brian G. Weinshenker, MD, has been chosen by a committee of his peers to receive the National MS Society/American Academy of Neurology’s 2011 John Dystel Prize for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Research. Weinshenker from the…

Young patients who undergo spinal fusion for scoliosis are likely to be doing well 10 years after surgery, according to study results published online in Spine. The findings contrast beliefs that the surgery would cause damage to the spine just…