NSAIDs for Neck or Back Pain: Helpful or Harmful to You? Featured on SpineUniverse.com Written by Lali Sekhon, MD, PhD, FACS, FAANS The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released an important warning for people who take non-aspirin nonsteroidal...
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Sierra Neurosurgery Group is Hiring
We're Hiring. If you are interested in any of these open positions, please contact Dyana Selby-Davis, Human Resources (775) 789-3930. Open Positions: Appointment Scheduler – Pringle Office Collector – Business Office Medical Assistant – Part Time float Medical...
ThinkFirst of Northern Nevada Annual Fundraiser
Reno Tahoe Magazine had the pleasure of taking some pictures for a very important fundraiser held here in Reno on April 11th, 2015. The fundraiser was put together by "ThinkFirst of Northern Nevada", which is the local Chapter of the Nationally known "Think First...
ThinkFirst of Northern Nevada featured on Channel 4 News
About ThinkFirst of Northern Nevada Traumatic brain and spinal cord injury is a leading cause of disability and death among children and young adults. Many of these injuries are preventable. That’s where ThinkFirst comes in. ThinkFirst seeks to educate people of all...
Laser Spine Surgery Don’t Get Burned
The Medical Lasers used in surgery project a small beam of high energy light that burns and vaporizes tissue. Lasers have been used in surgical procedures for several decades. In fact we first started using the laser to vaporize difficult spinal cord and brain tumors...
ThinkFirst Northern Nevada Golf Tournament
2nd Annual GOLF TOURNAMENT Sunday, September 27, 2015 | 8:30 am Registration begins at 7:30 am Shot Gun start 8:30 a.m. 4-Person Scramble Entry Fee $100 per person (Fee includes, Green Fee, Cart, & Lunch) Hole Sponsorships Available For $250 Raffle Drawing...
Dr. Dawn Waters to speak at the NV APN Association
Dr. Dawn Waters to speak at the NV APN Association monthly meeting Tuesday, June 23rd 6:00 pm Rapscallion 1555 S Wells Avenue Reno, NV 89502 Directions
When nature throws a curve
Northern Nevada Medical Center Living Well Online Summer 2015 Northern Nevada Medical Center offers nonoperative as well as surgical treatment for adult scoliosis. Adult scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine with no known cause, usually begins in the teenage...
June 1-7 is National Migraine Awareness Week
Am I Experiencing a Migraine? In the United States there are approximately 48 million Americans who suffer from chronic headaches and 28 million suffer from migraine type headaches. A Migraine headache is described as a throbbing headache that may be accompanied by...
New Technology Benefits Spine Surgery Patients at Sierra Neurosurgery Group
Sierra Neurosurgery Group is the first in the Region to use O-arm imaging, and has been working for the past 10 years to bring this Surgical Imaging System to Reno. Currently the group has the most combined experience with this new technology. Reno, NV- Sierra...