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Health Volunteers Overseas has recognized Isador Lieberman, MD, a spine surgeon with Texas Back Institute in Plano, with the HVO Golden Apple Award for his work with the Uganda Spine Mission, according to a Texas Back Institute news release.

Anulex Technologies, maker of soft tissue repair devices, has been forced to lay off employees after the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter regarding trials of its Xclose soft tissue repair system, according to a MedCity News report.

Patients with chronic pain often also suffer from depression, which researchers believe may be a result of shared brain circuitry for social and physical pain, according to an LA Times news report.

Centinel Spine, maker of spine devices, has posted a 47 percent year-over-year sales increase for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011, compared to the same period in 2010, according to a company news release.

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