Why saving in traditional retirement accounts isn’t the same as investing for long-term security.  Most professionals believe they’re doing the right thing.  They save consistently in 401(k)s and IRAs.  They invest in diversified stock-bond portfolios.  They trust long-term market returns to secure their future.  But here’s the uncomfortable reality:  A growing retirement balance does not guarantee a secure retirement.   If your savings can’t keep up with inflation and currency dilution, you...

My first article of 2026 I understood back pain professionally long before I understood it personally. For more than 25 years, I listened to patients describe pain that disrupted their sleep, their work, their relationships, and their sense of self. I treated it with medications, braces, physical therapy, chiropractic care, injections, and — when imaging supported it — surgery. But in the final weeks of 2025, I experienced persistent back pain myself. Not dramatic. Not disabling. But...

Why Waiting and Repeating Spine Surgeries Accelerates Disc Failure—and How a Motion-Preserving Disc Replacement Could Change the Path Forward Dr. Kingsley R. Chin MD, MBA Professor, Orthopedic Spine Surgery | CEO KIC Ventures E very year, millions of patients suffering from chronic low back pain follow the same exhausting path: conservative care, injections, surgery—and when the pain returns, another surgery. Often these procedures are performed at the same spinal level, removing more disc...