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Howard Kornfeld, MD, pain medicine specialist and medical director of Recovery Without Walls in Mill Valley, Calif., is championing the use of buprenorphine, a semi-synthetic opioid, for the treatment of chronic pain, according to a Marin Independent Journal report.

Autonomic Technologies in Redwood City, Calif., has created a device that uses technology based on research conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, which can help provide relief from migraines and cluster headaches, according to a Yahoo News report.

The physicians of Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush will provide care for the world's largest gymnastics meet held in Chicago.

Three orthopedic surgeons were recognized with The Knee Society 2012 John Insall Award, according to a report from AAOS Now.

Joshua Metzl, MD, an orthopedic surgeon focusing on foot and ankle surgery, recently joined the Steadman Hawkins Clinic Denver.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Hollywog, a medical device company, will add 22 jobs over the next 18 months in a $400,000 expansion, according to a Knox News report.

Advanced Pain Centers in Festus, Mo., is opening an outpatient pain management clinic in Sullivan, Mo., according to a Sullivan Journal report.

In late October, QSE Technologies in Englewood, Colo., announced it will join 3t Systems, a complete IT services company based in Greenwood Village. The two companies, though different, bring essential services to the integrated organization: QSE Technologies specializes in IT…

HHS and the Internal Revenue Service have proposed rules on the health law's individual mandate, which clarify wider protection from the penalty tax for the uninsured and narrower eligibility for families to receive insurance subsidies.

The National Football League Players Association has partnered with Harvard Medical School in Boston to create an initiative to improve the health of professional football players.