Indiana lawmakers have proposed new legislation that would require student athletes to be removed from a game if a head injury or concussion is suspected, according to a Journal Gazette report.
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William H. Dillin, MD, is a spine surgeon at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic and is devoted to spine surgery and sports medicine. During his career, he has examined and performed surgery on several professional athletes, including Los Angeles Lakers players.…
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The Food and Drug Administration recently issued a letter of warning to Smith & Nephew over manufacturing problems at a company plant in Tuttlingen, Germany, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
Harvesting osteochondral grafts may not have adverse effects on donor knee function in young athletes after undergoing osteochondral autograft transplantation for capitellar osteochondritis dissecans, according to a report published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
The University of Toledo (Ohio) was one of 16 research facilities and organizations to receive a grant from the NFL Charities to conduct sports-related research on MRSA, according to a Toledo Blade news report.
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