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A new study published in Spinal Deformity shows elderly patients are undergoing surgery at a higher rate for multilevel spinal curvature.

Kaiser Family Foundation President and CEO Drew Altman thinks political candidates sharing their medical records will "cause more harm than good," and made his point in a blog post on The Wall Street Journal.

The FDA posted a letter on its website critiquing pharmaceutical companies, Pain Therapeutics and Durect, for marketing an experimental drug in such a way customers would believe the drug was FDA approved, according to STAT.

A Transparency Market Research report found the global hip reconstruction devices market is anticipated to grow from 2016 to 2024.

The North American Spine Society named Chris Main, PhD, an honorary member. Dr. Main serves as a MedRisk International Scientific Advisory Board member.

United Kingdom-based University of Oxford researchers developed a new treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, according to Medical Xpress.

Laboratory errors result in costly consequences, based on a Hempstead, N.Y.-based Northwell Health Laboratories study, according to Medscape. Northwell Health Laboratories includes a core lab and 16 hospital labs performing more than 19 million billable tests, annually.

A surgeon performed the first spine surgery using Band-LOK's pedicle-sparing polyester band spinal technology.

Alphatec reached an all-time 52-week high on Sept. 20 with a price target of $10.22, according to Kentucky Post News. This target is 63 percent above the day's share price of $6.27.

Orthopedic spine surgeon Vivek Mohan, MD, of The Spine Center of Dupage Medical Group in Naperville, Ill., shares his thoughts on the minimally invasive spine surgery landscape.