News related to Ortho (Ethinyl Estradiol) and/or conditions it is approved for
American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons Wins Prestigious CLIO Award
Source: Bones / Orthopaedics News From Medical News Today [2009.11.17]
The first-ever CLIO Healthcare Award - a new category of the internationally distinguished CLIO Awards -- has awarded the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), a Silver CLIO for the Academy's year-long campaign "75 Years of Orthopaedic History.
American Association Of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Nineteen Other Surgical Groups Call For Changes To Senate Health Legislation
Source: Bones / Orthopaedics News From Medical News Today [2009.11.06]
The American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) joined nineteen other surgical organizations, led by the American College of Surgeons, to send a letter to the U.S. Senate today reiterating they are prepared to oppose the Senate's health care reform bill due to its threat to patients' access to specialty care and its potential to harm quality care. This coalition represents over 240,000 surgeons and anesthesiologists.
BioMimetic Therapeutics Receives First Orthopedic Marketing Approval For Augment™ Bone Graft
Source: Bones / Orthopaedics News From Medical News Today [2009.11.04]
BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: BMTI) announced today that it has received approval from Health Canada to begin the marketing of its lead orthopedic product, Augment™ Bone Graft, as an alternative to the use of autograft in midfoot, hindfoot and ankle fusion indications in Canada. "After rigorous pre-clinical and clinical evaluation of the product, BioMimetic is now ready to introduce this novel, implantable biologic to the marketplace," commented Dr. Samuel E.
Orthostatic Hypotension
Source: MedicineNet Addison Disease Specialty [2009.06.11]
Title: Orthostatic Hypotension
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 6/11/2009
Last Editorial Review: 6/11/2009
Orthopox
Source: MedicineNet Monkeypox Specialty [2003.06.16]
Title: Orthopox
Category: Medical Dictionary
Created: 6/8/2003
Last Editorial Review: 6/16/2003
Stanford Hospital Aims To Identify Early Patients With Delirium
Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today [2009.11.18]
When a nurse in the orthopedic unit asked her new post-operative patient where she was, the response had a pleasant ring: "I'm at a spa." But that answer sent the nurse straight to the phone. She called Kathleen Turner-Hubbard, MS, NP, and asked her to come to the D-ground unit. In a hurry.
Wright Medical Group, Inc. Receives FDA Approval To Market CONSERVE(R) Plus Total Hip Resurfacing System
Source: Bones / Orthopaedics News From Medical News Today [2009.11.11]
Wright Medical Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WMGI), a global orthopaedic medical device company, announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given approval to the Company to market its original CONSERVE® Plus Total Hip Resurfacing System. Now available in the United States, this innovative total surface arthroplasty system provides surgeons and their patients a bone-conserving alternative to traditional total hip replacement.
Aggressive Osteoporosis Prevention Could See Nation's Hip Fracture Rate Drop 25 Percent
Source: Bones / Orthopaedics News From Medical News Today [2009.11.03]
Aggressively managing patients at risk for osteoporosis could reduce the hip fracture rate in the United States by 25 percent, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the November issue of the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. The first step must be a more active role by orthopedic surgeons in osteoporosis disease management, researchers say.
Mid-Maryland Musculoskeletal Institute To Ensure Effective Communication With Persons Who Are Deaf Or Hard-of-Hearing
Source: Hearing / Deafness News From Medical News Today [2009.09.23]
Under a voluntary resolution agreement reached with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), deaf or hard-of-hearing patients at the Mid-Maryland Musculoskeletal Institute (MMI) of Frederick, Md., will be screened and provided with sign language interpreters whenever interpreter services are necessary for effective communication. MMI is an 11-physician orthopedic practice with offices in Frederick and Hagerstown, Md., serving approximately 1,000 patients per month.
Finding May Provide Insights For Reading Disorders
Source: Dyslexia News From Medical News Today [2009.05.01]
Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center have found that an area known to be important for reading in the left visual cortex contains neurons that are specialized to process written words as whole word units. Although some theories of reading as well as neuropsychological and experimental data have argued for the existence of a neural representation for whole written real words (an "orthographic lexicon"), evidence for this has been elusive.
HemoBioTech Announces Dramatic Clearance Of Prions With The ORTH Technology
Source: CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease News From Medical News Today [2009.03.12]
HemoBioTech (OTCBB:HMBT) announced that their orthogonal (ORTH) technology showed to be extremely effective in elimination of prion proteins that cause mad cow disease (BSE) and a similar disease in humans (vCJD/CJD). The ORTH technology removed prion proteins at a rate of 10 -10 from biological fluids used to make specific pharmaceutical products.
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