New discs for bad backs closer to use

Tuesday, May 20, 2003

WASHINGTON -- Russ Rice's back pain was so intense he could hardly walk. Two surgeries had failed to offer lasting help for his damaged spinal disc, and only large doses of painkillers got him through each day.

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