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Peter Symbas, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Southern Orthopaedic Specialists in Atlanta, was named the official sports medicine provider and team physician for the Atlanta Silverbacks, a professional men's soccer team, according to a practice news release.

Peter Millett, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at The Steadman Clinic and researcher at The Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, Colo., recently developed a new treatment for patients with osteoarthritis of the shoulder, according to a practice news release.

The state of Tennessee has made a drug database available to help physicians determine which patients seek prescription drugs for their pain and which patients seek medications for drug abuse, according to a Tennessean news report.

SPR Therapeutics, a neurostimulation company, has obtained a $250,000 investment from JumpStart that will go toward developing and commercializing its pain relief device, according to a Mass Device news report.

Cambridge Health Alliance in the Boston area has become the official medical provider for the Boston Cannons, a Major League Lacrosse team, according to a league news release.

Sudden cardiac death is the leading medical cause of death in National Collegiate Athletic Association student-athletes, according to a study published in Circulation.

Pain researchers found a drug that has shown early promise as an option for chronic, severe pain may decrease the body's ability to fight off bacterial infections, according to a news release.

Research findings show acupuncture seems to have no effect on back or other types of pain and may product negative outcomes, according to a study published in Pain.

The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians has released an outline of the National Council on Compensation Insurance's coding edits for the most commonly used interventional techniques.

The U.S. Bone and Joint Decade, a group formed nine years ago with the goal of bringing the musculoskeletal community together and raising awareness about musculoskeletal diseases, recently decided to continue beyond 2011 under the name U.S. Bone and Joint…