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Patrick Connor, MD, head team physician to the Carolina Panthers and Charlotte Knights, as well as a sports medicine surgeon with OrthoCarolina, laid out 10 things to know about being a physician for a NFL team, according to an OrthoCarolina…

Frederick Azar, MD, and Robert Miller, MD, will perform knee surgery on Memphis Grizzlies shooting guard Jordan Adams, according to a CBS Sports report.

Moody's Investors Service has released its Healthcare Quarterly newsletter, which is focused on developments to watch for in 2016 in a number of sectors, including the medical device industry.

Nanotherapeutics granted an exclusive worldwide license to its proprietary bone void filler product to Amend Surgical.

Rockford (Ill.) Spine Center's Fred Sweet, MD, recently served as a visiting professor at Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis, according to a Rockford Register Star report.

Braces have been found to effectively halt or slow further progression of a spinal curve in adolescent scoliosis patients, according to a study in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

Walgreens is partnering with Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care to transfer over operations of a number of its in-store clinics in Chicago, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.

Bethany Gallagher, MD, is an assistant professor of orthopedics and rehabilitation at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. Dr. Gallagher specializes in adult orthopedics as well as foot and ankle surgery. She is board-certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Sanjay Khurana, MD, of DISC Sports & Spine Center in Marina Del Rey, Calif., believes the advances in minimally invasive surgery techniques offer brighter outcomes for elderly patients undergoing spinal surgery.

Patients are increasingly using the Internet to help them make decisions about healthcare and view physicians' ratings, leading many in the medical community conflicted about the validity of such reviews, according to KSL.com.