In Spinal Device Research, Questions on Conflicts
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The testing of the Prodisc, an artificial spinal disk, provides a stark example of conflicts of interest.
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Implantable stimulators can blunt pain with electrical impulses, but they may come with negative side effects.
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NEW YORK  - A computerized pain assessment  system may make it possible to establish a standardized way to  quantify neck pain resulting from whiplash injuries,  researchers in Germany report.
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The prosthetics of the future are more than physical attachments, they're intertwined with the human mind. They communicate with muscles, nerves and even neurons. And some of them are available today. By Rachel Metz. Part one in a four-part series.
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By Lau, Andrew  An engineering professor confronts his conflicts with technology.  I AM A NEO-LUDDITE. Like the Luddites of early 19th-century England, I question and resist new technologies that will supposedly make life better and easier.
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New studies shed some light on these controversial heart treatments, but many questions remain. What patients need to know.
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Rival drug giants Pfizer Inc.  and Merck & Co. Inc.  argued conflicting views of the dangers of their pain relievers on Wednesday to U.S. science advisers weighing the risks of medicines similar to recalled arthritis drug Vioxx.
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Dr. Jerome Kassirer served as editor of the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine for eight years during the 1990s. During that time, he says, doctors&#39; conflicts of interest became an increasingly evident problem.
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SALT LAKE CITY - Learning whether or not one method of surgery works better than another for patients with chondrosarcoma, a cancer of the cartilage, is the goal of a new clinical study opening this week at multiple sites around the US and Canada, with
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Trying to avoid vertigo, falls and other hazards of lost equilibrium.
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Everyone has a "why" for what they do. Here is my "why" for doing TOPSoccer.  I had a friend named Jerry who used a wheelchair due to cerebral palsy. Still, he could get out of his chair and play goal keeper when we played a pick-up soccer game in our neighborhood.
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Federal advisers heard conflicting data today about the safety of new drug-oozing stents used to keep clogged arteries open as the experts struggled to advise government regulators about whether the risks of the devices outweigh their benefits for millions of patients.
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FRIDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Just-released data from a trial that was stopped early in 2004 for safety reasons is re-igniting debate on the safety of two popular painkillers.
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Medical science and religion clashed this week over whether to switch off life-support equipment that is keeping an 84-year-old man alive in a Canadian hospital.
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WASHINGTON - The death of actor Christopher Reeve may spark even more debate on the campaign trail about stem cell research. Tuesday in Washington, the National Academy of Sciences is meeting to talk about responsible research.
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A controversial nerve stimulator implant to treat severe forms of depression has a company on edge.
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Thereâsa new way to help ease the pain for some people who suffer with lower back problems. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first artificial spinal disc that may be able to ease the pain with fewer complications than present treatment.