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Supporters and critics of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act among the membership of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons discussed the act during the organization's annual meeting this past week, according to an AAOS Now report.

Heinz Hoenecke, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, Calif., recently presented research about shoulder injury treatment at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Conference in San Diego, according to a Scripps Clinic news release.

The NFL will unveil a new concussion assessment tool at the annual scouting combine on Friday, according to a National Football Post report.

Patients receiving ACL knee reconstruction with a hamstring tendon graft instead of a knee tendon graft were less likely to suffer from pain and mobility issues 15 years after surgery, according to a study presented at the American Orthopaedic Society…

Jeffrey Mjaanes, MD, a sports medicine physician at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush and director of the Chicago Sports Concussion Clinic at Rush, both in Chicago, recently discussed the long-term effects of chronic traumatic encephalopathy with a local television station, according…

Anthony Yates, MD, co-director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Corporate Health Program and head team physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers, will become the new president of the NFL Physicians' Society during the group's annual meeting in Indianapolis, according…

Cignet Health in Temple Hills, Md., has been ordered to pay $4.3 million for violating the privacy rule of HIPAA, according to a news release from the Department of Health and Human Services.

CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles was recently named the official hospital of the Los Angeles Clippers, according to a hospital news release.

New research presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting in San Diego shows that older patients who undergo total knee replacement can still have functionality 20 years after surgery, according to an AAOS news release.

Researchers at Elon (N.C.) University recently received a $17,000 grant to study the effects of concussions on student athletes, according to a local Fox report.