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University College London researchers found drugs used for mood disorder treatment could also reduce chronic pain, according to Health Canal. The researchers analyzed mice lacking the protein FKBP51, which is responsible for regulating stress.

Elise Morgan, PhD, a Boston University mechanical engineering professor, is researching how to better predict spinal fractures, according to BU Today.

Justin Park, MD, a spine surgeon at Baltimore-based Mercy Medical Center said recent innovations in spine surgery have allowed the surgeons to increasingly perform spine surgery in the outpatient setting, according to WBALTTV 11.

A new study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery investigates the use of personality scores in the selection of neurosurgical residents.

Neurosurgeon from the University of Southern California Jonathan Russin, MD, recently ran the Los Angeles Marathon with one of his former patients — a patient whose life he saved, according to a report in The Daily News.

A new study published in Spine examines how lumbar fusion affects healthcare resource utilization.

A new study published in Spine examines the new reimbursement models in spine care.

Alexander Vaccaro, MD, and Charles Fisher, MD, penned an article about evidence-based medicine to measure spinal interventions in Spine, as posted in Medscape.

A patient with coronary artery disease walks in to the cardiologist's office in Tucson and the evaluating cardiologist recommends a stent. That same patient could walk into a cardiologist's office in New York City, Dallas or Des Moines, Iowa, and…

Sasha Rabchevsky, PhD, suffered from a motorcycle accident that left him paralyzed. After the accident, he decided to commit his research to understanding spinal cord injuries at Lexington-based University of Kentucky, according to University of Kentucky News.