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CMS approves 6 units for CPT 64772: Why this is a major step for endoscopic spine surgery

When CMS quietly updated the Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE) for CPT 64772 from two to six units for 2026, it didn’t make headlines, but it should have. This change isn’t simply a coding adjustment. It ...
Becker's Spine Review

Dr. Peter McCunniff joins Advanced Spine and Pain

Spine surgeon Peter McCunniff, MD, joined Advanced Spine And Pain in Phoenix, he said in a Dec. 16 LinkedIn post. Dr. McCunniff specializes in minimally invasive spine surgery, disc replacement and ...
Rolling Stone

Spinal Tap’s Final Concert — at the Real Stonehenge!— Comes to Theaters

Earlier this year, Spinal Tap finally found a Stonehenge prop they’re happy with — the actual prehistoric monument, in Wiltshire, England. The semi-fictional meta rock titans secretly played what they ...
Phys.org

The zebrafish can heal its spinal cord using a sophisticated mechanism

A research team from the University of Cologne has shown how zebrafish can rebuild their nerve pathways and restore their locomotor function after a spinal cord injury. Specialized connective tissue ...
New York Magazine

The Spinal Surgeries That Didn’t Need to Happen

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Tiffany Bruce spends every day, all day, thinking about pain. Her own, yes, ...
TheWrap

Where to Stream the Original ‘This is Spinal Tap’

This week marks the release of “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” the long-awaited sequel to 1984’s “This is Spinal Tap.” Directed, once again, by Rob Reiner, the sequel picks back up with its ...
Entertainment Weekly

See the original This Is Spinal Tap cast side-by-side with their characters in the sequel

Randall Colburn is a writer and editor at Entertainment Weekly. His work has previously appeared on The A.V. Club, The Guardian, The Ringer, and many other publications.
Forbes

‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews: Does Sequel Tap Into First Film’s Magic?

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, Rob Reiner’s This is Spinal Tap sequel starring Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, is new in theaters. How are Rotten Tomatoes critics reacting to ...
Cinema Blend

The Members Of Spinal Tap Talk About Their Return After More Than 40 Years

Members David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) and filmmaker Marty DiBergi (Rob Reiner) join us to talk about the return of Spinal Tap in ...
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Marty DiBergi Discusses His Masterpiece ‘This is Spinal Tap’ and Hoping the Band Would Kill Each Other While Filming ‘Spinal Tap 2’

With The Paper recently debuting on Peacock, discourse has returned to just how genius The Office is. Whether it's the UK or US versions, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's mockumentary started a ...
The Atlantic

For Those About to Mock

Spinal Tap II (which arrives in theaters on September 12) also concerns itself with last things. As the movie (again directed by Reiner) begins, Spinal Tap the band—ultra-English, ultra-deluded as to ...