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Youth pitchers have a 5 percent chance of sustaining a serious throwing injury within 10 years of play, and pitching more than 100 innings in a year significantly increases the risk of injury, according to a study published in The…

Scott Wolfe, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, recently performed two operations to transplant tendons into the arm of a patient who was previously unable to move her hand, according to a CBS…

There were more than 505,000 injures from rake or ladder use in 2009, many of which required orthopedic and spine care, according to an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons news release.

Health insurers with policies requiring preauthorization permission delays or interrupts patient access to care, according to the results of an American Medical Association survey.

Michael Shapiro, MD, is the chief of spine surgery at South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, N.Y., and is a recognized leader in spinal instrumentation, revision surgery and disc arthroplasty. He has a professional interest in techniques such as X…

When Congress votes on a longer-term Medicare physician fee-fix, Republicans may tie it to cutting back the healthcare reform law, according to a report by Investors Business Daily.

Medicaid recovery audit contractors are coming. Each state will choose Medicaid RAC contractors by the end of the year, and contractors will begin operations as early as April 1. Paul Spencer, a consultant at Fi-Med Management in Wauwautosa, Wis., says…

Hospital for Special Surgery researchers completed studies at the hospital's Leon Root, M.D. Motion Analysis Laboratory on the Ekito shoe, the first athletic shoe designed to reduce the incidence of ankle sprains during athletic activity, according to a hospital news…

While hospital procedure volumes are correlated with patient outcomes in total joint arthroplasty, process standardization is also strongly associated with improved quality of care, according to an article published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

Xcel Sports Medicine, an orthopedic and rehabilitation facility in Vandalia, Ohio, recently broke ground on a new facility, according to a Vandalia Drummer News report.