Lewis Yocum, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, will perform elbow surgery on San Diego Padres pitcher Cory Luebke, according to an MLB report.
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Medtronic announced it would eliminate 1,000 jobs, with 250 of those jobs from the Twin Cities, according to a Pioneer Press report.
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Paul Slosar, MD, is a spine surgeon and president of SpineCare Medical Group at the San Francisco Spine Institute.
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The Health Care Service Corporation, the parent corporation for the Blue Cross/Blue Shield plans for Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas issued a new draft policy for lumbar spinal fusions.
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