Spine

Just 20 minutes of light daily exercise can drastically lower the risk back pain in the morbidly obese, according to a recent study.

William C. Watters III, MD, has been named president of the North American Spine Society for the 2013-2014 year.

Newark, N.J.-based StemCells, a biotech company, recently received FDA permission to begin testing an experimental stem cell therapy in humans with spinal cord injuries, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report.

The North American Spine Society released a list of specific tests and treatments commonly ordered but not always necessary as part of the Choosing Wisely campaign.

K. Daniel Riew, MD, is the Mildred Simon Professor of Orthopedics, Professor of Neurosurgery, and Chief of cervical spine surgery for Washington University Orthopedics. He founded the Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Cervical Spine Institute in 2007, dedicated to the operative and…

SpineCenterAtlanta, a comprehensive spine care facility, has received an accreditation from the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities.

A new report published in The Spine Journal studies racial, ethic and socioeconomic disparities in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Several factors have come together in the past few months to create a perfect storm of disincentives to spine surgeon inventors.

Researchers in the department of orthopedic surgery at The Johns Hopkins University/Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore recently published an article examining the survival and morbidity after treatment for vertebral compression fractures among Medicare patients in the Journal of…

Alan Boulos, MD, board-certified neurosurgeon, has been elected to the Society of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Boulos is the chief of the neurosurgery division at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center.