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PHOENIX — A growing medical trend is helping cure something 80% of Americans will experience in their lifetime – back pain, which is a leading cause of disability, work loss, and doctor visits. Donna ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio. (Ivanhoe Newswire) --- According to the National Center for Health Statistics, more than 1.2 million spinal surgeries are performed nationally each year. But sometimes the pain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Back surgeries are some of the most common operations in Florida, but also the most risky and often unnecessary. New research ...

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced today that it received FDA clearance for its Stealth AXiS robotic system for spine surgery.

A 42-year-old construction worker sits across from me in clinic, MRI in hand, convinced he needs surgery. His primary care ...

The Stealth AXiS system architecture allows support for a variety of surgeon preferences and clinical complexities.

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Tiffany Bruce spends every day, all day, thinking about pain. Her own, yes, ...

FDA’s clearance of Medtronic’s Stealth Axis surgical system comes on the heels of the company winning a nod for the Hugo ...