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Modular Thermal Technologies has purchased Pompano Beach, Fla.-based Life Wear Technologies, who make compression bandages such as knee and ankle braces, reports Providence Journal.

Many patients seek alternative treatments for treating pain without their provider's knowledge. Researchers surveyed approximately 6,000 Kaiser patients in Washington and Oregon who had three or more outpatient visits due to chronic pain, according to Portland Business Journal.

For years, physicians have been prescribing opioids as a way to combat pain, yet this feeds into our nation's serious, often fatal, opioid abuse problem. The number of prescription opioid abusers is spiking, and healthcare professionals are addressing this problem…

San Antonio-based Baptist Health System is planning to build a $50 million orthopedic institute at North Central Baptist Hospital in San Antonio, according to a San Antonio Express-News report.

Washington Nationals left fielder Jayson Werth has returned to play following a left wrist fracture on May 15, according to the Washington Post.

Here are seven orthopedic surgeons making headlines over the past week.

World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler Ryback will be unable to compete at this Sunday's Battleground PPV due to a staph infection, according to WWE.com.

  This letter examines two core issues. The first part examines lessons learned from key sports teams to consider how they apply to management teams. The second part reviews eight key issues in healthcare this year.   The Championship Teams and Great Leadership…

NCAA athletes who had a lower extremity surgery before college were at a higher risk of undergoing orthopedic and knee surgery in the same extremity during college, especially those involved in overhead sports, according to research presented at the American…

Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va., has opened their nearly 20,000-square-foot Sports Medicine Institute, the final step in Marshall's Chris Cline Athletic Complex, according to the Charleston Daily Mail.