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Available evidence strongly supports the involvement of estrogen deficiency in disc degeneration, as well as the benefits of hormone therapy (HT) on the total lumbar disc height in postmenopausal women. ..DEVAMI Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170614091801.htm Chao Lou, Hongliang Chen, Liangwei Mei, Weiyang Yu, Kejun Zhu, Feijun Liu, Zhenzhong Chen, Guangheng Xiang, Minjiang Chen, Qiaoyou Weng, Dengwei He. Association between menopause and lumbar disc degeneration. Menopause, 2017; 1 DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000902​

Plastic surgeons at Maastricht University Medical Center have used a robotic device to surgically treat lymphedema in a patient. This is the world's first super-microsurgical intervention with 'robot hands'. DEVAMI Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/mumc-wfs100217.php

The results of a study presented at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) 2017 press conference showed that, in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, 12 months treatment with romosozumab was associated with rapid and large reductions in their risk of a vertebral fracture compared to placebo...DEVAMI Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170614112901.htm https://www.eular.org/congresspressreleases/New_class_of_drug_significantly_reduces_spine_fracture_risk_in_postmenopausal_women_with_osteoporosis__OP0048.pdf

It is the "shock absorber" between the vertebrae of the spine, cushioning every step, bend and jump: the intervertebral disc...DEVAMI Source: http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ten.tec.2017.0033 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170509093611.htm

A new study published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research indicates that certain genetic changes are linked with an increased risk of developing lumbar spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the open spaces in the lower spine that can lead to pain in the legs when individuals walk...DEVAMI Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171013132143.htm http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jor.23746/abstract;jsessionid=72318C3E47A857A0E7D395CBF16EB4B5.f03t02

Surgical treatment of the degenerative disc disease has evolved from traditional open spine surgery to minimally invasive spine surgery including endoscopic spine surgery...DEVAMI Source: https://www.jkns.or.kr/journal/view.php?number=7022

Millions of NHS patients are being offered an appointment with their GP by video on their smartphones under a controversial new scheme. The service, which has left experts concerned, is to be trialed at a surgery in Londonbut it is predicted it will become the standard way to 'see' a doctor. ...DEVAMI Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5053677/The-doctor-FaceTime-now.html

Scopis developed this platform to offer greater precision and speed to surgeons, and better outcomes to patients undergoing open and minimally invasive spinal procedures...DEVAMI Source: http://www.spinalsurgerynews.com/2017/10/scopis-introduce-first-mixed-reality-surgical-holographic-navigation-platform-open-minimally-invasive-spine-surgery/22762

The outcome challenges the general belief that disorders of consciousness that persist for longer than 12 months are irreversible, the researchers say...DEVAMI Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170925132935.htm

The Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study, KIHD, analysed the serum vitamin D levels and occurrence of headache in approximately 2,600 men aged between 42 and 60 years in 1984-1989. In 68% of these men, the serum vitamin D level was below 50 nmol/l, which is generally considered the threshold for vitamin D deficiency....DEVAMI Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170104103543.htm https://www.nature.com/articles/srep39697

The Headache Working Group at MedUni Vienna is one of the world leaders in researching migraine trigger factors and has aroused the interest of the US start-up "Curelator," which is helping to develop an app for identifying migraine triggers. The collaboration between MedUni Vienna and this company has given rise to a study recently published in the leading journal Cephalalgia...DEVAMI Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160607080649.htm http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0333102416649761

EndoLIF® based on the well established TESSYS® method, opens a submuscular, minimally invasive, endoscopic-assisted path to the invertebral disc. It is a highly effective tool in lumbar interbody fusion...DEVAMI Source: http://www.spinalsurgerynews.com/2016/04/endoscopic-lumbar-interbody-fusion-and-dorsal-spinal-stabilisation-with-endolif-and-the-percusys-screw-rod-system/13863