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James Andrews, MD, of Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., will perform elbow surgery on Blue Jays pitcher Drew Hutchison, according to a Toronto Sun report.

Central Phoenix Surgical Center has received approval from various regulatory bodies to add Progenitor Cell Therapy to its list of interventional pain services.

National Pain Institute in Vero Beach, Fla., announced it now provides 10 therapies for patients with back and neck pain, headaches and fibromyalgia.

Missouri's Hospital Association spoke to Chesterfield's city council this week and said it opposes a measure to allow 3-day post-operative stays in an orthopedic surgeon's office, according to Patch.com.

Thomas Hunt, MD, a hand and wrist surgeon, has been named chair of the department of orthopedic surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, according to a press release.

Healthcare spending is one of the biggest issues in the country today as national healthcare expenditures grew 3.9 percent in 2011 to a total of $2.7 trillion. Two articles in the August 2012 New England Journal of Medicine try to…

Local high school coaches and officials will now take the University of Michigan Health System's NeuroSport education as part of required concussion learning.

South Dakota State University announced leadership investments totaling $18 million for the university's planned Indoor Practice and Human Performance Athletic Facility.

New Orleans Hornets center Robin Lopez underwent knee surgery to repair a medial meniscus tear, according to an NBC Sports report.

The Palm Beach County (Fla.) Health Department issued a public notice that at least 86 patients of its health centers may have had confidential information in their medical records disclosed to an unauthorized source.