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		<title>Breakthroughs in Treatment of Spine and Back Conditions</title>
		<link>http://www.spinejournal.gr/2010/03/breakthroughs-in-treatment-of-spine-and-back-conditions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Balloon Kyphoplasty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jan Van Meirhaeghe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lumbar disc herniation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark F. Kurd]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ScienceDaily (Mar. 13, 2010) — Approximately 21 million visits were made to physicians&#8217; offices due to back problems in 2006. While countless adults experience back pain and stiffness, many suffer from serious spine and back conditions -including injury, herniated discs and the deterioration of the vertebrae.
Three new studies presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modified Adult Stem Cells May Be Helpful in Spinal Cord Injury</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ScienceDaily (Feb. 24, 2010) — Researchers at UTHealth have demonstrated in rats that transplanting genetically modified adult stem cells into an injured spinal cord can help restore the electrical pathways associated with movement. The results are published in the Feb. 24 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience.
In spinal cord injury, demyelination, or the destruction of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spinal Cement May Provide Real Support for Cancer Patients</title>
		<link>http://www.spinejournal.gr/2010/01/spinal-cement-may-provide-real-support-for-cancer-patients/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spinejournal.gr/2010/01/spinal-cement-may-provide-real-support-for-cancer-patients/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[bone marrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leeds' Faculty of Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[myeloma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Hall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ScienceDaily (Jan. 12, 2010) — New technologies used to repair spinal fractures could soon be helping patients suffering from the bone marrow cancer multiple myeloma.
A research project led by engineers at the University of Leeds will focus on the disease &#8212; an incurable cancer of the bone marrow that causes destructive lesions in bones and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outpatient Disc Treatment Gives Long-Term Back Pain Relief</title>
		<link>http://www.spinejournal.gr/2009/12/outpatient-disc-treatment-gives-long-term-back-pain-relief/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alexios Kelekis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[back pain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ScienceDaily (Dec. 7, 2009) — A randomized, controlled study comparing standard conservative therapy to a minimally invasive treatment called percutaneous disc decompression for painful herniated disc revealed that while both treatments help patients in the short run, only disc decompression kept patients pain free up to two years later. Results of the study, the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spinal Cord Injuries: Experimental Drug May Restore Function of Nerves</title>
		<link>http://www.spinejournal.gr/2009/12/spinal-cord-injuries-experimental-drug-may-restore-function-of-nerves/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spinejournal.gr/2009/12/spinal-cord-injuries-experimental-drug-may-restore-function-of-nerves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Clinical Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spinal Cord Injuries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ScienceDaily (Nov. 20, 2009) — Researchers have shown how an experimental drug might restore the function of nerves damaged in spinal cord injuries by preventing short circuits caused when tiny &#8220;potassium channels&#8221; in the fibers are exposed.
The chemical compound also might be developed as a treatment for multiple sclerosis.
Because nerves usually are not severed in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agent Used In Spinal Surgery Linked To Higher Complications Rate</title>
		<link>http://www.spinejournal.gr/2009/07/agent-used-in-spinal-surgery-linked-to-higher-complications-rate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[dysphagia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Cahill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ScienceDaily (June 30, 2009) — A new study indicates that bone-morphogenetic protein (BMP; a biological agent used to promote bone creation) is used in 25 percent of spinal fusion procedures and is associated with a higher rate of complications than in fusions that did not use BMP, and greater hospital charges for all categories of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teriparatide and Raloxifene May Reduce Vertebral Fracture Risk</title>
		<link>http://www.spinejournal.gr/2009/06/teriparatide-and-raloxifene-may-reduce-vertebral-fracture-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spinejournal.gr/2009/06/teriparatide-and-raloxifene-may-reduce-vertebral-fracture-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Teriparatide]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[δισκεκτομή]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[καταγμα σπονδυλου]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BY LAUREN UZDIENSKI, JUNE 29, 2009
We reported back in April that teriparatide, a recombinant form of parathyroid hormone marketed by Eli Lilly as Forteo, may help bones to heal following a fracture. Now a new study published in JBJS reports on an additional application for teriparatide: preventing new vertebral fractures in osteoporotic patients.
The analysis was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Therapeutic Delivery Of A Gene To Dysfunctional Nerves</title>
		<link>http://www.spinejournal.gr/2009/06/therapeutic-delivery-of-a-gene-to-dysfunctional-nerves/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spinejournal.gr/2009/06/therapeutic-delivery-of-a-gene-to-dysfunctional-nerves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Baylor College of Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dorsal root ganglion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DRG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Chan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sensory neuronopathies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ScienceDaily (June 15, 2009) — In many sensory neuronopathies, painful conditions affecting sensory nerves outside the brain and spinal cord, the affected nerves are in a region known as the DRG. These conditions are difficult to treat. However, researchers have now developed an approach to target therapeutic genes to DRG nerves, and used it to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alphatec Spine Reaches Milestone of OsseoFix Adoption</title>
		<link>http://www.spinejournal.gr/2009/06/alphatec-spine-reaches-milestone-of-osseofix-adoption/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spinejournal.gr/2009/06/alphatec-spine-reaches-milestone-of-osseofix-adoption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alphatec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dirk Kuyper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OsseoFix]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BY EDITOR, JUNE 19, 2009
Alphatec Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Alphatec Spine, Inc., a medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets products for the surgical treatment of spine disorders, with a focus on treating conditions related to the aging spine, today announced that, as of June 1,2009, over 115 patients in eight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surgery Improves Outcomes For Spine Patients, Study Finds</title>
		<link>http://www.spinejournal.gr/2009/06/surgery-improves-outcomes-for-spine-patients-study-finds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spinejournal.gr/2009/06/surgery-improves-outcomes-for-spine-patients-study-finds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dartmouth Medical School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[degenerative spondylolisthesis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Weinstein]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ScienceDaily (June 3, 2009) — People with the spine disease called degenerative spondylolisthesis* &#8212; who choose surgical treatment &#8212; experience substantially greater relief from pain over time compared to those who do not have surgery, according to a study published in the June 2009 issue of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS). In [...]]]></description>
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