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The U.S. healthcare system is constantly battling data breaches, with cybercriminals gaining access to sensitive patient information they sell on the black web, according to McClatchyDC.

In a supplement filing, an attorney representing Western Kentucky Orthopaedic and Neurosurgical Associates alleged a proposed deal between Western Kentucky University and The Medical Center is in violation of federal anti-kickback laws, the Bowling Green Daily News reports.

Here are seven spine surgeons and neurosurgeons that joined new organizations or received promotions in October.

Amid a year of acquisitions, Warsaw, Ind.-based Zimmer Biomet lowered the high end of its forecasted profits and cut its sales guidance, wreaking havoc on the company's share price on Monday, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Are medical device representatives allowed in physician practices?

In 2015, about one-third of physicians electronically sent, received, integrated or searched for patient health information, according to the National Electronic Health Records Survey conducted by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.

Researchers from Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Center for Clinical Research and Carolinas Pain Institute compared conventional low-frequency spinal cord stimulation with a new high-frequency HF10 SCS technique, according to News-Medical.

The FDA cleared magnetic resonance imaging for certain conditions on patients treated with NuVasive's MAGEC system.

Stryker's spine division revealed results from a pre-clinical study for its 3D-printed Tritanium PL Interbody Cages.

Janet Bay, MD, is a neurosurgeon at Columbus-based OhioHealth Neurological Physicians.