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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.

Frank B. Kelly Jr., MD, has received the Arthritis Foundation's first Hugh C. McLeod III, MD, Award of Excellence, according to a report in AAOS Now.

Allis Kim, MD, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon, has joined the staff of Marlborough (Mass.) Hospital.

Milton, Mass.-based Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Milton announced it would soon open the new Center for Orthopaedic Care to provide both surgical and non-surgical treatment for orthopedic conditions and injuries, according to a Patriot Leger report.

Daniel Lamar, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Coastal Orthopedics in Bradenton, Fla., and team physician for the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team, will be on the sideline as the team pursues the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

The National Neurosurgery Quality and Outcomes Database (N2QOD) is the first nationwide effort to collect data on safety, quality and cost-effectiveness in neurosurgery. The database was launched by the NeuroPoint Alliance (NPA), which was established by the American Association of…

A Kaiser Permanente study has found that men taking long-acting opioid medications for chronic pain are nearly five times more likely to have low testosterone levels that those taking an equivalent dose of short-acting opioids.

Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport, Mass., has announced that Simon Faynzilberg, MD, will be the medical director of its comprehensive pain center, according to a Newburyport Daily News report.

The New Jersey Health Foundation announced that it has received a $2 million endowment to establish a chair in honor of orthopedist Fred Behrens, MD, in the department of orthopedic surgery at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New…

New Hampshire Children's Trust announced that Thomas Barton, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, has joined its board of directors.