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A Public Citizen poll found a large majority of the public opposes a rule that would get rid of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's policy that sets a cap on the hours first-year residents work.

New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering's pediatrics department received $1.2 million in funding after the Humans of New York social media site featured neurosurgeon Mark Souweidane, MD.

The year 2015 saw a 1.3 percentage point drop in the number of uninsured Americans, based on the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplements, according to the United States Census Bureau.

Intense criticism has clouded above Mylan for increasing EpiPen's price by more than 450 percent since 2004. In response, the pharmaceutical company announced it will offer a $300 generic alterative.

Atlanta-based Medovex entered an international distribution agreement with M.Fast Technologies, to distribute the DenerveX System in Israel.

A 2016 Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting presentation will highlight Cambridge, Mass.-based InVivo Therapeutics' Neuro-Spinal Scaffold.

Geisinger Health System is planning to add 1,500 members to its staff, including physicians and advanced practitioners, according to a Daily Item report.

Researchers examined a new patient-led goal setting program for managing chronic low back pain and published results in Spine.

Gregory Corradino, MD, MBA, of East Tennessee Brain & Spine, discusses independent physician practice and how to succeed in spine today.

Henry Schein Medical Systems and Forerun have partnered to sell, implement and support MicroMD, a new software charting solution for ambulatory clinics and urgent care facilities. The companies hope that this clinical documentation technology will accelerate patient charting for physicians.