Year: 2012

James C. Russ, CO, a professor emeritus at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, died on Febuary 25 at the age of 77 years of a heart attack at his home in Glenview, Ill. Russ spent more than 50 years…

Disputes are a fact of life, and in the practice of medicine, with its inherent uncertainty, disputes can sometimes manifest as medical negligence lawsuits. Some commentators believe that there are too many lawsuits related to claims of medical malpractice, and…

Companies that make a previously patented innovation accessible to competitors by free licensing may ultimately increase their overall likelihood of improving on the breakthrough, while also raising profits for the original innovator and market welfare, according to a study by…

Medicare demonstrations designed to improve health care quality and efficiency have largely failed to result in savings, according to the results of investigations summarized in a Congressional Budget Office brief. In the brief, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) noted an…

The International Paralympic Committee announced that two medal events in Para-Snowboard will be included in the Alpine Skiing Program at the 2014 Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russia. This is the first time that Para-Snowboard will be included in the Paralympics,…

Being cut off from work email significantly reduces stress and allows employees to focus better, according to a study by University of California, Irvine and US Army researchers. “We found that when you remove email from workers’ lives, they multitask…

Higher rates of wheelchair breakdowns that require repairs are being reported by wheelchair-dependent patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), according to a study published in the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The researchers analyzed data from an ongoing…

Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. has completed enrollment for the INSTRIDE investigational device exemption clinical trial studying the effectiveness of its WalkAide System in the rehabilitation of stroke victims, according to a company press release. The study will compare the use…

Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. announced net sales of $218.1 million for the first quarter of 2012, an increase of $17.7 million, or 8.8%, from the first quarter of 2011, according to a company press release. The sales increase was a…

Researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock have found that injections of a patient’s own stem cells may help people suffering from peripheral artery disease (PAD), according to a study recently published in Molecular Therapy. The study is the second stage of a three-stage…