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As patients continue maintaining an active lifestyle into middle age, more patients in their 30s and 40s seek the services of physicians such as Robert T. Deveney, MD, co-director of the total joint replacement program at Danbury (Conn.) Hospital. Dr.…

Anthony Maddalo, MD, Gregg Cavaliere, MD, and Nicole Solomos, DO, physicians with Hudson Valley Bone & Joint Surgeons in Hawthorne, N.Y., have joined the Manhattan College athletic department as the Jaspers' team physicians, according to a Manhattan College news release.

David Godfrey, MD, a physician with a professional interest in sports medicine, has joined the MedCentral/Mansfield (Ohio) Hospital medical staff, according to a Mansfield News Journal report.

As the spine surgical consultant for the New York Jets, the co-director of spine surgery and director of the NFL spine center program for retired players at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, Andrew C. Hecht, MD, is…

Not all women may benefit from the gender-specific knee implant, according to research published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

CoxHealth and the Ferrell-Duncan Clinic, located in Springfield, Mo., will staff a Friday night clinic for sports injuries at The Bone & Joint Center, also located in Springfield, according to a CoxHealth news release.

As the importance of sports in society increases, young athletes can easily fall into competitive and year-round sporting activities, leading to overuse injuries. In many cases, these injuries can be prevented if the athletes, parents and coaches are educated about…

A research team from Boston Medical School of Medicine and Veterans Administration Hospital in Bedford, Conn., found evidence of a new disease mimicking ALS in athletes suffering multiple head injuries, according to a Boston University news release.

Sports medicine physicians at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago have joined the STOP Sports Injury campaign, a program focused on sports injury prevention in young athletes, according to a Rush news release.

In addition to his leadership as a spine surgeon for more than 25 years, Gary Michelson, MD, has proven his status as an integral member of the spine community by inventing comprehensive spinal surgical systems which have become the foundation…