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Sports-related brain injuries insurance claims are causing policy changes in the U.S. and the U.K., according to a story on a report published by S&P Global Ratings. 

Orthopedic Surgeon Nikhil Verma, MD, was selected to be the director of the Division of Sports Medicine for the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Rush University Medical Center Aug. 2, according to a release.

Here are 70 statistics on total knee replacements in the United States over the 2000s, according to a 2014 Annual Incidence of Common Musculoskeletal Procedures and Treatments report from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Robert S. Cummings, MD, is joining Cheel Medical Center, with privileges at Canton-Potsdam Hospital, both located in Potsdam, N.Y., according to a North Country Now report.

Here are seven orthopedic surgeons in the news this past week.

The U.S. Olympic Committee chose Sameer Nagda, MD, of Alexandria, Va.-based Anderson Orthopaedic Clinic, to serve as the U.S. Women's Soccer team physician at the 2016 Olympics, according to Washington Business Journal.

The NFL presented data that U.S.A. Football's Heads Up Football program lowered concussions and injuries, but The New York Times investigation found those numbers don't ring true.

Here are eight orthopedic surgeons involved in humanitarian care in 2016.

Increased baseline body mass index, anxiety and poor social support lead to higher costs related to total joint replacements in patients with knee osteoarthritis, according to a study in The Journal of Rheumatology.

The 2015 Comparative Price Report, by the International Federation of Health Plans, examines the cost of various drugs and procedures across the globe, including total hip replacements.