OK, I admit it, I love to sleep! If I need any more reminders that I am getting old – thinning hairline, constant aches and pains, the imminent arrival of reading glasses – the fact that I really enjoy going to bed early should be a sign. To me, nothing is more relaxing than a good book and some peace and quiet before nodding off; 10:00 is usually about right. Accompanying me on the bedside table is a sound machine which creates soothing background noise to help drown out the...

Kids will be kids. Never has that saying had more meaning than when a child suffers an injury, specifically a broken arm, as the result of a fall. Playgrounds, backyards and ballparks all have the potential for children to injury themselves.

MAKO Surgical (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida), developer of human-interactive surgical robotic arm technology used to achieve accuracy in treating osteoarthritic disease, reported the first results from a ten-year, prospective, randomized controlled trial evaluating the accuracy of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) implant positioning, with and without robotic arm surgical assistance. Early results from this pivotal study are compelling, showing that robotic arm assisted UKA enhanced the accuracy of implant placement and decreased the levels of pain.

CHICAGO — "Can we do things a little bit better?" It's one of the questions that has set off innovation and development throughout the centuries. For scientists, more specifically research physicians, the question is almost as common as "Where does it hurt?"

Aetna (Hartford, Connecticut) and Coventry Health Care (Bethesda, Maryland) have entered into an agreement pursuant to which Aetna will acquire Coventry in a transaction valued at $7.3 billion, including the assumption of Coventry debt. Coventry is a diversified managed healthcare company that offers a full portfolio of risk and fee-based products, including Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D programs, Medicaid managed care plans, group and individual health insurance, coverage for specialty services such as workers' compensation, and network rental services.