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This page will list all relevant articles, research or news releases that the AESS feels appropriate and interesting for public review.

	BusinessWeek May, 2008 The Doctor vs. Device Makers
	US Senate February 27, 2008 Sen. Herb Kohl Committee Hearing - Medical Device Industry
	Bloomberg News/WashingtonPost.com February 28, 2008 Orthopedic-Device Makers Accused of Paying Doctors Congress Told Practice Is Deep-Seated
	BNA's Health Care Daily February 28, 2008 Drugs and Devices: Senate Aging Panel Hears Support For Physician Payment Disclosure Proposal
	Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report February 28, 2008 Four Medical Device Companies Made $800M in Illegitimate Payments to Physicians Over Four YEars, HHS OIG Offical Says
	ConsumerAffairs.Com February 28, 2008 Doctors Took Kickbacks from Orthopedic-Device Makers Bribery scheme may be difficult to eliminate
	Forbes February 27, 2008 Congress probes medical device payments
	New York Times January 30, 2008 Financial Ties Are Cited as Issue in Spine Study
	New York Times September 27, 2007 Medtronic, Again Questioned Over Payments to Doctors, Is Subject of Senator’s Inquiry
	Senator Grassley September 20, 2007 Senator Grassley Letter to Medtronics
	Internet Journal for Minimally Invasive Spinal Technology September, 2007 The Potential Biomechanical Etiology for Lumbar Disc Replacement Failures:Review of 24 Patients and the Rationale for Revision
	Prevention July 7, 2007 Unnecessary Operations
	American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons March/April 2007 Orthopaedist-industry collaborations headed into ‘a perfect storm’
	New York Times December 30, 2006 Spine as a Profit Center
	Forbes November 27, 2006 Dangerous Devices
	USA Today July 25, 2006 Artificial Spinal Disc Generates Controversy
	OC Register July 12, 2006 Help for health care coverage
Money-Driven Medicine By Maggie Mahar	Money-Driven Medicine Published May, 2006 Chapter 8 - Device Makers, Drugmakers, and the FDA
	The Street June 5 , 2006 Suit Targets J&J Discs
	OC Register April 14, 2006 O.C. doctors disagree on implant Medicare has doubts after some patients report worsening pain.
	Jama January 25, 2006 Doctors Urge Peers To Avoid Gifts And Travel Funds From Device Makers
	MD News January, 2006 The University of California, Irvine, Spine Center A University Approach to the Spinal Patient
	The Street December 22 , 2005 Hope Slips for Disc Implants
	Chicago Sun-Times November 6, 2005 Will Surgery Stop Your Back Pain? Upcoming Study Could Reveal
	The Wall Street Journal June 7, 2005 J&J's New Device For Spine Surgery Raises Questions
	HealthPoint Capital May, 23, 2005 An Interview with Dr. Charles Rosen on Artificial Disc Clinical Trials
	The Street May 13, 2005 J&J Discs Face Backlash
	The Orange County Register February 15, 2005 Back surgery evolves UCI doctor is a proponent of new operation that uses body's ability to grow its own new bone.
	HealthNewsDigest.com February 2005 UCI Doctor Finds Genetically Engineered Protein That Halves Healing Time For Spinal Fusions