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Chicago — ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review and Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review, announces Spine Centers of America as a corporate sponsor for the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, which is being held June…

Patients with chronic pain often also suffer from depression, which researchers believe may be a result of shared brain circuitry for social and physical pain, according to an LA Times news report.

New high-frequency electrical nerve block technology may provide some relief to chronic amputation pain patients, according to a Neuros Medical news release.

Hill-Rom has received a patent for a stretcher that has a hand actuated wheel braking apparatus, according to a TMC Net report.

Ramp lesions appear in 16.6 percent of patients with anterior cruciate ligament injury, which increases until 24 months after the initial injury, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

A study at the University of Calgary shows that NHL players are now sitting out longer as a result of concussions than they did in the past, according to a Science Daily news report.

Jeffrey Wasserman, MD, a pain management physician with Pinnacle Pain Management in Dallas, discusses the role of pain management physicians in managing medication for back pain patients.

Advanced Pain Management, a pain group based outside of Milwaukee, has opened a new facility in Fox Point, Wis., according to a Business Journal news report.

High-frequency non-painful transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation could help reduce ischemic pain, according to research published in The Clinical Journal of Pain.

Michelle Carlson, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, recently performed wrist surgery on Golden State Warriors guard Acie Law, according to a Miami Herald report.