A bitter brawl has erupted over the spinal procedure vertebroplasty, with new research finding that the Medicare covered procedure is “no better than [a] placebo”.
Articles by Ray Moynihan 
Spinal procedure possibly no better than sham surgery
A procedure performed regularly on thousands of people with painful spinal fractures may not in fact work, according to the preliminary results of scientific studies.
Time for MDs to get out of bed with drug companies
Despite their closeness, doctors and drug companies are becoming increasingly uneasy bedfellows, with calls from the very top of the global medical profession for a major clean-up.
