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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.

Oct. 3 is the last day for eligible professionals to begin their 90-day reporting period for the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program in calendar year 2012.

Though the number of female orthopedic residents is on the rise, the field remains largely male-dominated, and several organizations are encouraging women to pursue orthopedic surgery, according to the Huffington Post.

Since new regulations took effect in Tennessee to curb pill mills, the state's Department of Health has issued 255 pain clinics licenses, according to a Chattanooga Times Free Press report.

Indiana State Senator Ron Grooms, a Republican, announced plans to sponsor a bill that would require pain clinic owners in the state to be licensed physicians, according to a WDRB report.