A new survey from the American Osteopathic Association finds that almost all Americans can name one thing that triggers physical pain during the winter and half of them put off talking about it to their physicians until after the holidays.
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Tri-County Health Care in Wadena, Minn., has announced the addition of Thomas Kowalkowski, DO, an interventional pain and sports medicine specialist, to its medical staff.
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Five major physician lobbying groups expect to push Congress today to avert the upcoming Medicare reimbursement cuts to physicians and repeal the SGR formula altogether, according to a CQ Healthbeat News report.
Douglas W. Brown, MD, a sports medicine physician based in Portland, Maine, will be inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame next May, according to a Bangor Daily News report.
The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine has released a new position statement on concussions in sports to make recommendations to healthcare professionals for a more individualized approach to diagnosing and managing concussions.
This past week Pegosa Springs (Colo.) Medical Center's orthopedic department began a new partnership with Durango Orthopedics, according to a Pagosa Daily Post report.
Usman Zahir, MD, is now a full time orthopedic surgeon with MedStar St. Mary's Hospital in Leonardtown, Md., according to a Southern Maryland News Net report.
Terry Weiss, DO, a St. Louis-based orthopedic surgeon, recently received the American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics Donald Siehl Award, which hasn't been presented since 2005.
Scott Becker, JD, Chairman of the Healthcare Department at McGuireWoods and the Publisher of Becker's ASC Review and Becker's Hospital Review, discussed key business and legal issues for ambulatory surgery centers in a webinar sponsored by SourceMedical on December 13,…