Rockford (Ill.) Spine Center's Fred Sweet, MD, recently served as a visiting professor at Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis, according to a Rockford Register Star report.
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Braces have been found to effectively halt or slow further progression of a spinal curve in adolescent scoliosis patients, according to a study in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
Walgreens is partnering with Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care to transfer over operations of a number of its in-store clinics in Chicago, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.
Bethany Gallagher, MD, is an assistant professor of orthopedics and rehabilitation at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. Dr. Gallagher specializes in adult orthopedics as well as foot and ankle surgery. She is board-certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Sanjay Khurana, MD, of DISC Sports & Spine Center in Marina Del Rey, Calif., believes the advances in minimally invasive surgery techniques offer brighter outcomes for elderly patients undergoing spinal surgery.
Patients are increasingly using the Internet to help them make decisions about healthcare and view physicians' ratings, leading many in the medical community conflicted about the validity of such reviews, according to KSL.com.
Robert F. Heary, MD, serves as medical director of the Spine and Pain Center at HackensackUMC Mountainside in Glen Ridge, N.J., according to The Jersey Tomato Press.
Recent studies have found while some patients prefer calling their physicians by their first name, others often feel uncomfortable, according to Medscape.
Here are six statistics on the impact of treating musculoskeletal conditions on the healthcare industry, according to a fact sheet by Bone and Joint Initiative USA.
Medical device manufacturers celebrated the two-year suspension of a burdensome tax on their revenue, which may save the companies billions of dollars, according to MPR news.