10 November 2022

Experts encourage earlier intervention for some infants with Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the most common form of neurodegenerative disease in childhood, is caused by defects in the SMN1 gene. SMA...

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8 November 2022

New leaflets from GIRFT for clinicians and patients advise on the use of MRI scans for spinal conditions

New leaflets which aim to reduce unwarranted variation in requests for MRI scans for spinal conditions have been issued in...

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1 November 2022

New research calls for all health and care staff to be trained in AI

All health and care staff should receive training in artificial intelligence (AI) with additional specialist training for those who use...

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27 October 2022

Treatment for back pain: 84% increase in success rate

If a therapy for chronic back pain is tailored specifically to a patient’s individual requirements, the chances of success are...

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20 October 2022

Spinal implant firm raises £10.8m after successful product release

Axis Spine Technologies – a UK company developing next-generation spinal implants – has raised a further £10.8m in a funding round...

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18 October 2022

LREsystem Ltd announce strategic partnership with Ortho Consulting Group

LREsystem Ltd announce strategic partnership with Ortho Consulting Group to commercialise the restorative elbow joint system Under the partnership deal...

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6 October 2022

DIPLOMAT® Posterior Instrumentation by SIGNUS

DIPLOMAT® is a safe, modular and economical fixation system for all interventions on spine: ONE system for all indications. The...

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27 September 2022

Doctors in training given the support they need to continue their training journey

Doctors in Postgraduate training are benefitting from a further £25m investment by Health Education England (HEE) during 2022/23 to support...

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