Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) may protect against vertebral fractures in people with diabetes, according to a research letter published online Dec. 10 in JAMA Surgery. Science ...
Vertebral hemangiomas (VH), the most prevalent benign spinal tumors, often remain asymptomatic for many years or even a lifetime. Symptomatic cases are rare, constituting only 0.9%–1.2% of cases.
Hospitals performed over 200,000 unnecessary back surgeries on older adults over a three-year period, and billed Medicare more than $1.9 billion for those low-value services, according to a Lown ...
The Lown Institute called out dozens of hospitals for performing unnecessary surgeries on Medicare beneficiaries with low back pain, putting patients at risk of serious complications with no evidence ...
This Grant will Advance the Company’s Preclinical Research to Demonstrate an Improvement to the Current Standard of Care for Treating Vertebral Compression Fractures LOWELL, Mass.--(BUSINESS ...
Call it dental h-AI-genics. A Boston-based tech company, backed by Mark Zuckerberg’s dentist father, has successfully managed the world’s first all-robotic dental procedure. Perceptive, a business ...
The results of the first human trial examining a new weight loss procedure called gastric mucosal ablation were released Thursday, and the non-surgical procedure caused minimal side effects with a ...
People with treatment-resistant hypertension could benefit from a new procedure that the FDA recently approved. The minimally invasive procedure targets nerves near the kidneys to help control high ...
Introduction: More than 30 years after the initial experience of Galibert and Deramond with percutaneous vertebroplasty, the procedure has gone through countless refinements and clinical evaluations.