More than 200,000 Medicare patients with back pain underwent $2 billion worth of unnecessary surgeries, including spinal ...

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Hospitals performed more than 200,000 unnecessary back surgeries on Medicare beneficiaries in the U.S. over three years, ...

It seems like not a day goes by without billionaire Elon Musk making headlines. The boss of X (formerly Twitter), Tesla and SpaceX is the world's richest person and has used his platform to make ...

The most recent Atom used in laptops is from 2016 and it was hardly fast back then. Up until recently, there were separate brands for Celeron and Pentium processors. Intel has now bundled both of them ...

No, it won’t magically bring the phone back to you, but you can make sure whoever found or stole it won’t be able to use it. Your carrier can deny listing a device based on its IMEI number and ...

"It is called ransomware because the attacker will request a ransom in order for the company to get their data back," he said. Even riskier, paying the ransom does not necessarily mean you'll get your ...

If you’re grappling with lower back or neck pain that can be severe and disabling, or restrict your ability to move and function, your doctor may recommend a laminectomy when more conservative ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a disorder affecting the motor neurons—nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement. These cells are located in the spinal cord. Because the muscles cannot ...

Spinal cord compression—also called cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM)— is caused by any condition that puts pressure on the spinal cord. Symptoms may develop suddenly or gradually and may include ...