A Tennessee Senate bill that requires physician supervision for nurses and physician assistants administering interventional pain management has passed the General Welfare, Health and Human Resource Committee, according to a news release by the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians.
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Englewood (N.J.) Hospital and Medical Center offers a pain relief system, ON-Q® PainBuster and C-bloc, which directly infuses an anesthetic in a patient to reduce postoperative pain, according to a Paramus Post report.
Uma Rani Gullapalli, MD, a physiatrist from Victoria, Texas, has been suspended by the Texas Medical Board following an investigation that revealed her pain management clinics were not actually owned by her, according to a Texas Medical Board news release.
Cumberland Medical Center in Crossville, Tenn., recently brought on new orthopedic surgeons to cover a 24-hour emergency department through its Orthopedic Hospitalists Program, according to a hospital news release.
Gregory Nicholson, MD, a sports medicine specialist at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, recently spoke with ABC7 News about overuse injuries in youth athletes, according to a practice news release.
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Two orthopedic surgeons have joined the orthopedic and sports medicine specialists at The Longstreet Clinic in Gainesville, Ga., according to a practice news release.
The U.S. Olympic Committee is endorsing standards set forth by an international committee that Olympic athletes who suffer from concussions to wait four days before resuming practice and six days before resuming competition, according to an article published in The…
Dan Murrey, MD, a spine surgeon and CEO of OrthoCarolina in Charlotte, N.C., has been named the executive director of the Charlotte host committee for the 2012 Democratic National Convention, according to a practice news release.
Don Sheridan, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in Scottsdale, Ariz., will perform surgery on San Francisco Giants player Pablo Sandoval for a fractured hamate bone in his right hand, according to a report from San Jose Mercury News.
The application of extracorporeal shock wave therapy to the bone tunnel can significantly enhance the early tendon-bone healing and decreasing tibial tunnel enlargement after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.