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American Association of Neurological Surgeons named Kathleen Craig executive director.

Various trends are pushing down medical device prices and forcing technology companies to alter their business strategies, according to StarTribune.

The cervical total disc replacement device market reached $489.7 million in 2015, based on a Persistence report, according to medGadget.

Michael C. Holmstrom, MD, president of the Utah Orthopedic Association, spoke up on behalf of a bill supporting the use of medical marijuana for medicinal purposes, according to the Cache Valley Daily.

A judge sentenced Lisa Tseng, MD, to 30 years to life for the murder of three people after prescribing the patients painkillers including Percocet and Vicodin, according to CNN.

University of California in Santa Barbara and UCLA researchers found many Americans who are labeled overweight or obese based on their body mass index are healthy, leading many in the medical community to question the BMI's validity, according to GEN.

Smith & Nephew insider Julie Brown sold 11,789 shares of the company's stock, according to Daily Political.

Some of Zimmer Biomet's shareholders affiliated with Blackstone and Goldman Zachs plan to offer more than 11 million common stock shares for sale, according to The Journal Gazette.

The FDA has tentatively scheduled a meeting of the Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel to review Cartiva's premarket approval application for its Cartiva Synthetic Cartilage Implant.

Here are 13 orthopedic surgeons treating professional athletes this past month.