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Ireland-based Medtronic released the Signia Stapling System, a device expected to improve the quality of minimally invasive surgeries.

“I’m alive, which is better than the alternative,” a new patient once told me when I asked him how he was. The alternative to being alive, we are to assume, is death; being alive is better than being dead.

Charlotte, N.C.-based Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates have opened a new office in Mooresville.  

Researchers have published a study in the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine pointing out that youth athletes are more likely to sustain injuries while playing flag football as opposed to tackle football.

Neal ElAttrache, MD, of Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, performed surgery on Minnesota Timberwolves guard Zach LaVine's torn ACL on Tuesday, according to Fox Sports.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine will sponsor Med City FC, the city's new soccer team.

Recently-confirmed HHS Sec. Tom Price, MD, has been a notable member of the GOP Doctors Caucus and represents the group's growing influence on U.S. legislation in his new role.  

The American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons elected Nickolas Garbis, MD, to the society.

Here are eight minimally invasive spine surgery devices and technologies making a splash in the industry.

Microsoft unveiled Skype for Business' new virtual health templates, according to ON MSFT.