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OptimOrthopedics, based in Savannah, Ga., has been chosen to provide sports medicine services for local junior high and high schools, according to a Savannah Morning News report.

Christian Schupp, MD, has joined Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine at Methodist Willowbrook Hospital in Houston.

A professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has received a four-year $1.36 million grant to study the relationship between pain and the parts of the brain associated with emotional response, according to a News-Medical report.

Johnson & Johnson has recalled more than 53,000 Duragesic pain relief skin patches, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Healthcare organizations pay 17 percent more for technology than any other industry, according to a study conducted by Net(net), an information technology peer networking company, (pdf).

Timothy Kremchek, MD, team physician for the Cincinnati Reds, performed knee surgery on the team's first baseman Joey Votto, according to an ESPN report.

David C. Watts, MD, the Vice President of Education for the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities(AAAASF), discusses five mistakes to avoid when pursuing Medicare accreditation in an ambulatory surgery center.

Physician recruitment experts provide six tips on drawing physicians to ambulatory surgery centers.

A neuropatic pain drug from Convergence Pharmaceuticals was "well tolerated" in all participants in a Phase I study, according to a company release.  

Boston Scientific this week announced trial results for its spinal cord stimulation device at the International Spine Intervention Society 20th Annual Scientific Meeting in Natick, Mass.