Health in the Media

First Cervical Disc Replacement Surgery with ProDisc-C

spine-health — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:01:34 -0800

The very first ProDisc-C surgery was performed last week since the FDA approved the device in December 2007.

Lumbar Artificial Disc Replacement Not Covered In People Over 60

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:00:42 -0700

Medicare has decided it will not pay for lumbar artificial disc replacements in people over 60 years of age. The reasoning for the CMS' (The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) decision is the lack of data on using such devices in the 60+ population, according to Scott Boden, MD, a Spine-health.com Medical Advisor.

Osteopaths are Physicians

spine-health — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:01:41 -0700

With the recent press bashing of Paris Hilton's psychiatrist, an osteopathic physician, the American Osteopathic Association felt the need to issue a press release defending the medical training of osteopathic physicians. Seems that anything in the press associated with Paris has a downside these days.

Bottom line: Osteopathic physicians are real doctors and may specialize in any area and provide any treatments - including surgery - that medical doctors do.

This Kind of Reporting is No Help to Back Pain Patients

spine-health — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:37:59 -0700

Kudos to Gary Schwitzer for humorously discrediting a recent article that needs to be discredited - "Chronic Back Pain Breakthroughs: end back pain agony" in the July issue of Reader's Digest.