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06 10 14 FE ATURES NEW STUDY UNDERWAY TO OPTIMIZE CERVICAL DISC REPLACEMENT 06 The Penn State Hea lth Spine Center is comparing similar artificia l disc replacement devices, prodisc® C and Mobi-C®, for preserving vertebra l segment motion and disc height. PENN STATE HEALTH SPINE CENTER OFFERS A NEW, MINIMALLY INVASIVE OPTION FOR TREATING PAINFUL SPINAL METASTASES 12 Surgeons use the OsteoCool R F Ablation System when treating spina l metastases to help stabilize the spine and a llow patients get immediate relief. NATIONAL FE ATURE CASE STUDIES: DIRECT PRIMARY CARE PIONEERS 14 Direct Primary Care physicians say that the a lternative to fee-for-service care is growing more popular and enhances the physician/patient relationship. Producing cost savings for patients and reducing overhead costs, it may become the standard for outpatient care. contents /////// ISSUE NO. 1, 2021 SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: DEGENER ATIVE DISE ASE RESEARCHERS PURSUE A TARGETED TREATMENT FOR COLITIS-CAUSING BACTERIAE 10 Researchers at North Carolina State University are using genome-editing technolog y CRISPER-Cas to look for non- antibiotic treatments for Clostridioides Difficile Infection. The researchers hope to target the pathogen while sparing the rest of the gut microbiota. DEPARTMENTS DATA VAULT 02 FINANCE 05 PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 05 please do not delete the folios! please check that design elements work with the folio and street signs, and leave them on the page until the mechanical process is complete special section tabs are only used for Dan's books - please turn them off before creating PDFs