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Spine tuning

Innovative surgeries raise hope, concern

By Alice Dembner
Globe Staff / September 3, 2007

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Last November, as she went about her daily routines, Florence Hayes suddenly felt intense back pain. The active 79-year-old soon learned she had suffered two compression fractures in her spine. (Full article: 1326 words)

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