Spine

The multipotent adult progenitor cells used in Athersys' MultiStem cell therapy improved the animals' health after acute rodent spinal cord injury. Athersys is a biotechnology company headquartered in Cleveland.

Blackfoot-based Idaho Doctors' Hospital received Press Ganey's "Pinnacle of Excellence Award for Patient Experience," according to EastIdahoNews.com. The hospital is owned by Bingham Memorial Hospital, also located in Blackfoot.

The Alliance for Balanced Pain Management held its second National Summit on ways to increase access to integrated pain management.

Benjamin Nudelman is researching better ways to help paraplegic patients with body movement, according to The Observer.

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George J. Counelis, MD, received the Patients' Choice Award for his commitment to neuro-oncology and neurosurgery, according to Mil-Tech.

Lincoln Jimenez, MD, now practices at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Fla., according to Sacred Heart Health System.

New Jersey-based Virtua Health researchers found a $16-per-dose drug was equally as effective at pain relief as a new $402-per-dose drug, according to NJ BIZ.

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus is expanding its neurological institute with a new $17.6 million Brain and Spine Hospital, according to the lantern.