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Luther Midelfort Hospital, located in Eau Claire, Wis., opened a Saturday morning sports medicine clinic to diagnose and treat high school athletes, according to a local WEAU news report.

Great River Health Systems in West Burlington, Iowa, opened a Saturday sports medicine clinic to serve student athletes, according to a Fort Madison Daily Democrat report.

While professional team coaches understand the best practices for keeping adult athletes healthy, youth coaches are often parent volunteers with little knowledge about appropriate practice techniques. Sports medicine practices and physicians can hold seminars or workshops for local coaches on…

Robert S. Cairns, MD, an orthopedic physician practicing in Dubuque, Iowa, had formal disciplinary charges filed against him by the Iowa Board of Medicine on Aug. 20 for failing to provide appropriate surgical care to several patients, according to an…

In order to develop better treatment of football injuries, Daniel Garza, MD, emergency room and sports medicine physician at Stanford (Calif.) Hospital & Clinics, is collaborating with the San Francisco 49ers for a study about the biomechanics of football injuries,…

Nationals rookie pitcher Stephen Strasburg, will receive Tommy John surgery today in order to rebuild an injured right elbow which has given him trouble for the latter part of this season, according to multiple news reports.

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The Riley Hospital for Children, affiliated with Indiana University in Indianapolis, developed the Riley Sports Medicine Program to provide pediatric sports medicine treatment with a focus on concussion management for young athletes, according to a report from The Indianapolis Star.

John Szivek, PhD, senior scientist at the University of Arizona Arthritis Center in Tucson, led the research team in developing a stem cell technique for stimulating cartilage growth in arthritic knees using the patient's fat cells, according to a local…

Bradley Segebarth, MD, Marcus Broines, MD, and Neil Sheth, MD, joined OrthoCarolina, an orthopedic practice based in Charlotte, N.C., according to a practice news release.