Here are six spine surgeons and neurosurgeons in the news this past week.
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A patient's geographic location may determine how often they visit a physician, as found in a CDC report, according to Yakima Herald.
Cheri D. Mah, MS, a sleep expert and researcher at the Stanford (Calif.) Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Laboratory, offers advice on how to benefit from the sleeping schedules of professional athletes, according to the Huffington Post.
The Thompson Foundation donated $3 million to Columbia-based University of Missouri for its new orthopedic center, according to Missourian.
The University of Colorado at Boulder's Student Government will spend $4,500 on helmets that will be distributed to students suffering from concussions, according to the Daily Camera.
David Fusco, MD, is a neurosurgeon in Phoenix. He specializes in complex and simple cranial and spinal disorders.
Joseph Martinez, MD, joined Houston-based Texas Medical Center and McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, according to The Tribune.
Columbus-based The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center researchers studied spinal cord stimulation's impact on chronic pain patients' emotions, according to National Pain Report. They studied 10 patients with chronic leg pain, implanted with a spinal cord simulator.
Columbia-based University of Missouri researchers are studying spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1, according to Health Canal.