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ReActiv8 device is an active implantable medical device designed to treat patients with chronic low back pain. Credit: Mainstay MedicalThe Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approve...

Jerod Nieder has been paralyzed from the chest down for the past eight years. Nieder does not have sensation in his lower body, but he is learning to use an experimental spinal cord treatment to contr...

 Whole body cryotherapy is a growing trend at spas and wellness centers, partly because it's popular with athletes and celebrities.Besides speeding recovery, people who promote the idea of ex...

A novel lateral expandable fusion device allows surgeons to achieve up to 30 degrees of sagittal spinal correction in skeletally mature patients. Interbody devices are designed to replace the interver...

Children with spinal cord injuries have experienced remarkable results in recovery at the University of Louisville and Frazier Rehab Institute through locomotor training, a therapy designed to help th...

A Gainesville man was the first person in Florida to receive a new spinal implant that significantly reduces head-to-toe chronic pain. Just like a pacemaker, the battery produces low amounts of electr...

Health systems are taking a page from Apple’s playbook, debuting Genius Bar-style technology support stations in their lobbies to talk tech with patients.That means setting up sleek technology s...

Artificial intelligence can make diagnoses from digitized images such as mammograms and diabetic retinal scans. More sophisticated interventions might also be possible someday: algorithms that guide r...

Those ages 50 and older in the U.S. generate $7.6 trillion in economic activity, according to AARP, representing a huge financial force. That trend will grow as the number of older adults more than do...

The Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies today announced that DePuy Synthes has launched the CONDUIT Interbody Platform with EIT Cellular Titanium Technology, further expanding its comprehe...

Men and women with osteoporosis or other vertebra injuries may now be able to find relief thanks to a new device and procedure.The procedure has the ability to significantly reduce pain caused by acut...

Assistant Professor Domen Novak in the University of Wyoming’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering recently received a grant of more than $520,000 from the National Science Foundat...