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American College of Physicians offers new guidelines for how physicians should treat low back pain, in an article published in Annals of Internal Medicine. 

A new study published in Spine examines how vancomycin and gentamicin antibiotics affect human osteoblast proliferation, metabolic function and bone mineralization during spine surgery.

Daniel Fulkerson, MD, a pediatric neurosurgeon in Indianapolis, published his first book titled, "Nothing Good Happens at…The Baby Hospital."

A recent study conducted at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus found that spinal cord patients are often in danger of contracting infections and diseases during hospital rehabilitation, according to Digital Journal.

Riverhead, N.Y.-based Peconic Bay Medical Center, a part of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, named Robert M. Galler, DO, the new director of neurosurgery.

Rush University Medical Center researchers investigated patients' knowledge of radiation exposure from spinal imaging, in a study published in The Spine Journal.

An article published in Clinical Spine Surgery examines the perioperative complications associated with spinal metastases surgery.

A pain management conference, PAINWeekEnd, will take place in Denver on March 4 and March 5, 2017. Global Education Group provides the conference.

A study in titled "Lumbar Spine Postures in Marines During Simulated Operational Positions" correlates marines' activities with increased lower back pain and intervertebral disc degeneration, according to The Lemoore Navy News.

Amino conducted an analysis of every injury diagnosis in its database between 2012 and 2016.