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04/02/2026
Anthony Calabro, MA
High-quality clinical practice guidelines for low back pain demonstrate substantial agreement overall. However, more than one-third of treatment recommendations conflict across guidelines. Which category of...
04/02/2026
10/06/2025
Anthony Calabro, MA
A large database analysis shows that nearly 15% of patients required additional lumbar surgery within 5 years of a single-level discectomy, with even higher risks after revision procedures.
10/06/2025
09/05/2025
Kate Young
In a single-center retrospective cohort study, patients who received the RECK (ropivacaine-epinephrine-clonidine-ketorolac) cocktail during posterior spinal fusion experienced significantly lower...
09/05/2025
Interactive Features
04/02/2026
Anthony Calabro, MA
High-quality clinical practice guidelines for low back pain demonstrate substantial agreement overall. However, more than one-third of treatment recommendations conflict across guidelines. Which category of...
04/02/2026
05/29/2024
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder was previously believed to be a variant of multiple sclerosis, but recent literature has highlighted clinical characteristics that differentiate the diseases. Take...
05/29/2024
11/02/2023
Are you familiar with which type of spinal muscular atrophy is most common? Find out by taking our pop quiz.
11/02/2023
05/02/2022
There are several types of spinal muscular atrophy that differ in age of onset and muscle weakness severity. Do you know which type is the rarest? Find out by taking our pop quiz.
05/02/2022
07/14/2020
Are you familiar with the 2019 Update of the ACR/SAA/SRTN Recommendations for the Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis and Nonradiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis? Find out by taking our pop quiz!
07/14/2020
Clinical Insights
05/21/2025
Anthony Calabro, MA
At the 2025 AAPA meeting, Paul A. Coleman, DMSc, PA-C, DFAAPA, of Thomas Jefferson University, outlined a critical clinical challenge: distinguishing between hip and spine pathologies. With low back pain...
05/21/2025
06/27/2024
In this video, Mirla Avila, MD, discusses how managing neuromyelitis optica disorder has evolved in the past decade, patient access to FDA-approved treatment options for neuromyelitis optica spectrum...
06/27/2024
01/29/2020
A new study aimed to characterize the distribution and regional evolution of cervical cord atrophy in patients with multiple sclerosis. Lead author Maria A. Rocca answered our questions about her team’s...
01/29/2020
12/28/2015
Lindsay Nakaishi, MD, MPH; Linda S. Nield, MD
One parent asks whether scoliosis screenings in school are really necessary, and do they make a difference in the health of a child?
12/28/2015
