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Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-based MidHudson Regional Hospital welcomed Mark C. Watts, MD, according to Hudson Valley News Network.

Researchers from the Netherlands, United Kingdom and China sought genes that played a part in the left-right differences of the nervous system, during the four-to-eight weeks post-fertilization.

Here are four recent device company partnerships:

The market for reprocessed medical devices, which can save hospitals between $500,000 and $2 million a year, is earning the medical community's trust and interest, according to a report by Transparency Market Research.

Monmouth University in West Long Branch, N.J., conducted a poll to discover which issues are most important to Americans today, and around 25 percent of respondents said healthcare costs are their biggest concern.

A new study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines how preoperative opioid use can predict outcomes for patients undergoing transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for symptomatic lumbar degenerative disc disease.

Total joint replacements were traditionally hospital-based procedures requiring several days to recovery. However, minimally invasive surgical technique, implants and pain management now allow select patients to undergo outpatient total joint replacements — an advancement that even surprises some surgeons.

Intelligent Implant Systems is a spinal implant product manufacturer and supplier based in Charlotte, N.C.

John M. Knight, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon whose work and career are about to be recognized by as a Top Doc in Walnut Creek, Calif.

Brian M. Babka, MD, and Jerome Kolavo, MD, will begin seeing patients at Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital, treating DeKalb, Ill., residents' sports and spine-related injuries, according to a report from The Daily Chronical.