Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Richard Menger is a neurosurgeon and a political scientist. A post-operative x-ray showing a spinal deformity correction for ...

When CMS quietly updated the Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE) for CPT 64772 from two to six units for 2026, it didn’t make headlines, but it should have. This change isn’t simply a coding adjustment. It ...

Effective blood management in spine surgery is paramount to reducing perioperative blood loss, minimising the need for allogeneic transfusion and mitigating associated complications. Contemporary ...

Tiger Woods' return to the PGA Tour may have to wait even longer. Woods announced Saturday that he had undergone lumbar disc replacement surgery in his lower back. The surgery, which took place Friday ...

Frankie Grande has shared a major update on his health after undergoing cervical spine surgery.Taking to his Instagram handle ...

Tiger Woods underwent lumbar disc replacement surgery on Friday, the 15-time major champion announced on X on Saturday. “After experiencing pain and lack of mobility in my back, I consulted doctors ...

The back issue appears to stem from a flare-up of post-surgical stiffness following back surgery last August, a reminder of his long injury history. Yelich originally felt the pain over a week ...

Any and all optimism about Tiger Woods returning to the course anytime soon appears to be gone. Woods, who was working his way back from a ruptured Achilles that cost him all of last season, announced ...

Common health problems of old age -- dehydration, delirium, malnutrition or falls -- can become catastrophic if they occur following a major surgery, a new study reports. Seniors who suffer these ...