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  The following article is written by Stephanie Ellis, RN, CPC, president of Ellis Medical Consulting.   The X-STOP procedure is a minimally invasive procedure to treat lumbar spinal stenosis (crowding of the nerve roots in the spine), which causes…

Frank Alberta, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, joined the medical staff at Malo Clinic Health & Wellness in Rutherford, N.J., according to a report from The Paramus Post.

Richard Bockman, MD, PhD, chief of endocrine services at the Hospital for Special Surgery, recently directed a study that found patients should maintain high vitamin D levels to optimize drug therapy for osteoporosis and low bone mineral density, according to…

A prospective study shows molecular imaging procedures can potentially provide relief for patients who suffer chronic pain after back surgery, according to a release by ScienceDaily.

Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio, recently broke ground on a $12 million medical building that will include a new sports medicine practice and the university's neurosciences research program, according to a Dayton Daily News report.

Researchers at the CoRE Lab within the department of orthopedics and sports medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle have partnered with MSC Software to perform musculoskeletal modeling stimulations powered by MD Adams to identify exercises which could help…

The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital in Murray, Utah, recently celebrated its 20th anniversary by offering 500 patients free health screenings, according to a hospital news release.

Kenneth Tepper, MD, has been named chief of orthopedic surgery at Northwestern Hospital in Randallstown, Md., according to a hospital news release.

Harvest Technologies, a Massachusetts-based platelet-rich plasma device company, is sponsoring the North America Platelet-Rich Plasma Symposium in Toronto later this year and has invited controversial local physician Anthony Galea, MD, as moderator, according to a NY Daily News report.

Houshang Seradge, MD, a hand surgeon at the Orthopedic Institute in Oklahoma City, recently developed an outpatient procedure for athletes with injuries to extensor tendons in their hand, according to a practice news release.