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Riviera Beach, Fla.'s city council has approved a two-year moratorium on the establishment of pain-management facilities in the city, according to a Palm Beach Post news report.
Cautiously interpret the significance of MRI findings in asymptomatic hockey players because these findings could predict future disabilities, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
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The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has joined the Texas Medical Association's Million-Signature Campaign to Stop Medicare Meltdown, according to an AAOS news release.
Shaun L. Traub, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Resurgens Orthopaedics in Atlanta, was recently named to a new panel of the U.S.A Track and Field Georgia Association and will provide care for competing athletes, according to a practice news release.
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The Food and Drug Administration issued 22 spine device 510(k) clearances in March, according to an FDA report.
The Bryan cervical disc arthroplasty maintains favorable clinical and radiological results, although the incidence of heterotopic ossification causing restricted range of movement of the prosthesis appears to increase with time, according to an article published in Spine.