A whole bevy of consumer-friendly provisions in the healthcare reform law kick in on Sept. 23, six months after the legislation was signed, according to a report by Kaiser Health News. Here are a six key points about the new…
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Molly Sandvig, executive director of Physician Hospitals of America, says she will leave her position to become COO of Joint Replacement Hospitals of America, a new for-profit company developing knee- and hip-replacement hospitals to be run by physicians.
Richard Steadman, MD, has treated patients and professional athletes for more than two decades at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., which he co-founded with Richard Hawkins, MD. Dr. Steadman focuses on treatment for knee injuries and is currently treating…
Achilles tendon-aponeurosis strain is higher among male athletes with tendinopathy, according to an article published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Sept. 22 will mark the first ever Falls Prevention Awareness Day in Illinois, designed to spread education among the older adult population on preventing falls that could lead to surgery or death, according to an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons…
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Luis R. Vela, MD, a sports medicine physician, joined Samaritan Health Services in Corvallis, Ore., according to a Democrat Herald report.
In addition to providing more than 10,000 hip and knee replacements during his career, Lawrence D. Dorr, MD, founder and medical director of the Dorr Arthritis Institute at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles founded the "Operation Walk," a national…
New risk factors of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism resulting in the development of blood clots after total hip replacement in an article published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, according to an American Academy of Orthopaedic…
Mark Gardner, MD, a sports medicine physician, joined the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Parkside Orthopedics in New Castle, Penn., according to a Youngstown News report.
Ian Gradisar, MD, joined the Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center in Akron, Ohio, established by his father Ivan Gradisar, MD, according to an Akron Beacon Journal report.