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New York City will restrict the prescription of painkillers in emergency rooms at the city's 11 public hospitals, according to a New York Times report.

Global Life Insurance recently released a new infographic on concussions in high school and college football.

Shane Nho, MD, a sports medicine specialist with Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, was named head team physician for the Roosevelt University Athletic Program in Chicago.

Andy Weiland, MD, hand specialist at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, evaluated Minnesota Timberwolves player Kevin Love and recommended surgery to repair his injured right hand, according to a CBS Sports report.

Daytime talk show "The Doctors" has named The Steadman Clinic orthopedic surgeon Thomas Hackett, MD, as one of the most handsome physicians in America, according to a Grand Junction Free Press report.

The MD count on Capitol Hill remains at a steady 19 (plus Rep. Joe Heck of Nev., who has a DO), as two Democratic physicians enter the 113th Congress' House of Representatives and two Republicans take a bow.

A new study published in the online edition of Nature Neuroscience, has identified the molecular pathway by which morphine can increase pain, which could lead to new ways of making morphine effective for more patients, according to a PsychCentral report.

Hope Clinic, a new pain management center, opened in Wytheville, Va., according to a SWVA Today report.

Here are five steps to increase patient collections at ambulatory surgery centers from Jim Devitt, an expert in healthcare revenue cycle management.

Over the past 12 months, advanced practice clinicians received a median salary increase of 3 percent and an average salary boost of 3.9 percent, according to the 2012 Advanced Practice Clinician Compensation and Pay Practices Survey.