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National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) Offers Guidelines For Management Of Serious Spine Injuries On The Athletic Playing Field
According to a new position statement from the National Athletic Trainers" Association (NATA), proper management of acute spinal injuries on the athletic playing field is crucial, given that sports participation constitutes the second most common cause of spinal cord injuries for Americans age 30 and younger. Sports medicine providers and others on the sidelines need to be familiar with the appropriate acute-management guidelines for athletes with cervical-spine injuries. Published in this month"s Journal of Athletic Training, NATA"s scientific publication, the position statement provides detailed guidelines for the immediate treatment and transport of athletes who are injured on the playing field.
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Health Bills Create Tension Over Abortion Coverage
The Associated Press reports: "Health care legislation before Congress would allow a new government-sponsored insurance plan to cover abortions, a decision that would affect millions of women and recast federal policy on the divisive issue. Federal funds for abortions are now restricted to cases involving rape, incest or danger to the health of the mother. Abortion opponents say those restrictions should carry over to any health insurance sold through a new marketplace envisioned under the legislation, an exchange where people would choose private coverage or the public plan. Abortion rights supporters say that would have the effect of denying coverage for abortion to millions of women who now have it through workplace insurance and are expected to join the exchange. Advocates on both sides are preparing for a renewed battle over abortion, which could jeopardize political support for President Barack Obama"s health care initiative aimed at covering nearly 50 million uninsured and restraining medical costs" (Alonso-Zaldivar, 8/5).
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Court Of Appeal To Re-Evaluate NICE Osteoporosis Decision, UK
Servier Laboratories Limited has been granted permission by the Court of Appeal to challenge a High Court decision made at a Judicial Review in February this year, in which Servier was previously successful in its claim that the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) had unlawfully failed to provide the economic model underlying its Guidance for the primary and secondary prevention of osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women. 1,2
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Boston University Biomedical Engineer Wins Hartwell Foundation Grant To Create Pediatric Blood Vessel Grafts That Grow With The Child

Boston University Biomedical Engineer Joyce Wong will work to create engineered blood vessels aimed at correcting pediatric heart defects under a major grant from The Hartwell Foundation. Wong is one of just 12 researchers nationwide to win the foundation"s prestigious Individual Biomedical Research Award. "We"re very excited about this because it"s enabling us to bring our research in a new direction, to develop solutions for children," said Wong, who also has a personal connection to the work, with a niece and nephew both diagnosed with congenital heart problems. Wong explained that current grafts used to correct heart defects in children, typically involving the pulmonary artery, have limits. They are prone to aneurysms, thrombosis, shrinkage and calcification, and cannot grow with the child, necessitating repeated surgeries throughout childhood. Wong hopes to overcome these drawbacks with a new class of engineered blood vessels created from the patient"s own tissues. She plans to build a bioreactor - a device that simulates the environment of the human body and can assess how engineered tissues react to fluids, pressure and other stimuli - for the project, and collaborate with colleagues in the US, Canada and Japan, as well as a pediatric cardiac surgeon at Boston"s Children"s Hospital. "Grafts using tissue engineering approaches have the potential to grow with the child and therefore would have tremendous impact on clinical practice," Wong said. "Although I designed this research with pulmonary artery repair in mind, the results may be applicable to other artery types as well." Wong"s grant - which will total $300,000 over three years - is the second Hartwell Foundation Individual Biomedical Researcher Award Boston University has won in two years. Last year, BU School of Medicine Professor Michael Wolfe won an award to develop a technique to correct hormone and enzyme deficiencies that cause disease, such as Type 1 diabetes. "Through a unique and selective funding process, The Hartwell Foundation has worked with Boston University to provide financial support to stimulate biomedical discovery," said Fred Dombrose, Ph.D., president of the foundation. "Transformative research, like that proposed by Joyce Wong and Michael Wolfe, has high risk compared to more conservative approaches; but if successful, these researchers will make a substantial difference in improving the health of children." "We are gratified that the Hartwell Foundation has recognized two of our outstanding biomedical researchers two years in a row," said Boston University Associate Provost and Vice President for Research Andrei Ruckenstein. "Both Michael Wolfe"s and Joyce Wong"s research is ground breaking and is likely to have a major impact on the lives of children everywhere." "Joyce Wong"s research is another example of why Boston University is among the best at developing novel approaches to biomedical engineering challenges," said Boston University College of Engineering Dean Kenneth R. Lutchen. "I"m delighted The Hartwell Foundation recognizes the extraordinary promise of her work." Boston University


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