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USMD Holdings announced David Tietze, MD, has joined USMD Affiliated Services in Arlington, Texas. Dr. Tietze specializes in internal medicine and sports medicine.

A couple of recent studies note kids playing baseball feel pressure from parents or coaches to play through arm pain, and many parents are unaware how to reduce the risk of injury, reports Health Day.

David D. Teuscher MD, a Texas orthopedic surgeon, became president of the AAOS Board of Directors today.

Breitbart Sports is reporting that they investigated the New York Times archives, using the search term "chronic traumatic encephalopathy" for articles on CTE and found 261 articles, 21 of which were published in 2015.

A study in the American Journal of Sports Medicine finds concussed players returning from leave had "significantly lower" batting stats than players returning for non-injury reasons.

It's not Tommy John surgery this time, but Blue Jays pitcher Marcus Stoman tore his ACL in his left knee last week, and underwent surgery performed by James Andrews, MD, yesterday, reports NBC sports.

The Marion Star reports OhioHealth Marion General Hospital has become the official healthcare provider for professional indoor football team the Marion Blue Racers.

Larry Gersten, MD, of the Saddleback Hospital Joint Replacement Program, was featured in the Orange County Register for volunteering with his daughters' high school sports teams as well as volunteering to run a medical clinic in Honduras.

Bruce Hamilton-Dick, MD, joined Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth and Maine Coast Orthopaedics in Brunswick, according to a report by The Ellsworth American.

Just a few days after a 24 year-old linebacker retired from the NFL for fear of his safety, the NFL is telling the public the game has never been safer.