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The FBI is looking into a possible ransomeware attack against MedStar Health in Columbia, Md., according to MedCity News.

Hooman Melamed, MD, of Marina Del Ray, Calif.-based DISC Sports & Spine Center, is now taking spine surgery requests.

La Grange, Ill.-based Lyon Township high school students visited North American Spine Society's Spine Education Research Center in Burr Ridge, Ill., to learn more about healthcare careers.

New York now requires physicians send electronic prescriptions directly to pharmacies, according to 13 WIBW.

Stryker debuted its Stryker Challenge at the PGA Tour's Shell Houston Open in Humble, Texas, according to pharmiweb.com.

Alpharetta, Ga.-based SANUWAVE Health received a U.S. patent called "Increase Electrode Life in Devices Used for Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy."

InVivo Therapeutics' neuro-spinal scaffold device is designed to reduce paralysis symptoms resulting from acute spinal cord injury, according to MoneyShow.

Belgium-based Bone Therapeutics reported the 12-month efficacy results from the PREOB Phase IIA severe osteoporosis trial.

Timothy L. Keenen, MD, serves as a clinical associate professor at Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University. He is also the medical director of Legacy Meridian Park Spine Center in Tualatin, Ore.

While consumers are rapidly purchasing fitbits and wearable, many providers have a different take as wearables are often not accurate enough and give too much data to make medical conclusions, according to DataConomy.