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.
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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.
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.
Bemidji, Minn.-based Lake Region Bone and Joint Surgeons has merged with Sanford Health, based in Fargo, N.D., and Sioux Falls, S.D., according to a Sanford Health news release.
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Study results showed prescribers and healthcare workers recognized the benefits and generally expressed positive attitudes after successfully adopting e-prescribing, according to research published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making.
Patient advocates, policy experts and physicians offer conflicting opinions on the emergence of opioid contracts, used by pain physicians to ensure patients do not abuse or sell their opioid prescriptions, according to a Washington Post news report.
Alexis Colvin, MD, an orthopedic sports medicine surgeon, has opened a sports medicine practice in New York City, according to a Mount Sinai Hospital news release.
Full-thickness rotator cuff tears increase in about half of patients 60 years or younger, which means surgery should be initially considered to prevent a tear size increase, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Seven hospitals around the country are investigating hip resurfacing as an alternative to hip replacement as part of an FDA trial study, according to a Sun Sentinel news report.