Christian A. Woodbury, MD, a hand and wrist physician has joined the San Antonio Orthopaedic Group, according to a practice news release.
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Arthur Rettig, MD, a sports medicine physician with Methodist Sports Medicine/The Orthopedic Specialists, has earned several honors for his work as team physician for various Indiana teams. This past year, the Indiana Football Coaches Association inducted Dr. Rettig into its…
Health insurance providers are grappling over how to best insure the growing population of young marathon runners who have more injuries due to training, according to a New York Times report.
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Dallas Braden, a pitcher with the Oakland (Calif.) Athletics, has filed a medical negligence suit against team surgeon Thomas Peatman, MD, and Webster Orthopaedic Medical Group in Oakland, where Dr. Peatman practices, according to an MLB report.
Wright Medical Group has launched the PRO-STIM injectable inductive graft for patients who need a bone graft substitute, according to a company news release.