Sports Medicine
Provost Umphrey: More Retired Players Added to Lawsuit Against NFL
Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:42
Suit States Multiple Concussions Cause Dementia and Permanent Brain DamageFourteen additional players joined the roster of retired football players that allege in the suit "the NFL did not take reasonable steps necessary to protect its players from devastating head injuries, and did everything in its power to hide the issue and mislead players concerning the risks associated with concussions," according to the case filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division.
The group filing suit (Case 4:12-cv-01296) now totals 46, says attorney Matthew C. Matheny of the Provost Umphrey Law Firm.
... View / Add CommentsThe Newest Approach for Treating Back Pain. Leading Surgeon Dr....
Thursday, 24 May 2012 16:07
As many as 90% of Americans suffer back pain at some point in their
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View / Add CommentsBucknell Engineers, Geisinger Partner to Solve Real Medical Problems
Thursday, 24 May 2012 11:42
Biomedical engineering students worked with Geisinger Health Systems professionals to devise, design and test medical devices to solve real health problems. "They are solving problems for an actual clinical mentor rather than for a professor." -- Dan Cavanagh, chair ofbiomedical engineering departmentInfants in the neonatal intensive care unit often are treated for jaundice with phototherapy – or the application of blue light to skin.
Devices that administer the therapy are, however, uncomfortable, noisy and non-portable, noted Neil Dold, who graduated from Bucknell University Sunday with a degree in biomedical engineering.
Dold and classmates Abraham Khan, Nyein Ko and Ann...
View / Add CommentsFoundation Radiology Group Receives 3 Year Re-accreditation from the...
Thursday, 24 May 2012 05:28
Foundation Radiology Group has received re-accreditation from the
Joint Commission by demonstrating compliance with the
organization’s rigorous performance standards for healthcare
quality and safety.
Foundation Radiology Group is pleased to announce it has received re-accreditation from the Joint Commission by demonstrating compliance with the organization’s rigorous performance standards for healthcare quality and safety.Foundation Radiology Group was the first multi-institutional hospital based radiology group to receive this accreditation back in 2009 and becomes the first to be re-accredited.To achieve the recent re-accreditation Foundation passed a follow-up audit measuring their performance against national quality and safety requirements.
... View / Add CommentsPort St Lucie Pain Management Doctors Now Offering Chronic Neck and...
Thursday, 24 May 2012 03:42
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The leading Port St Lucie pain management doctors at National Pain Institute are now offering radiofrequency ablation treatments at all of their locations throughout Florida.
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