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The American Orthopaedic Association is celebrating its 125-year anniversary, according to an AAOS Now report.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., is considering implementing a specialized operating room team for knee surgery, according to a WMUR New Hampshire report.

New York Rangers star forward Marian Gaborik will undergo shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder at the NYU Langone Medical Center's Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York City, according to a Gant Daily report.

The physicians of Access Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics in Portsmouth, N.H., announced they now have active surgical privileges at Portsmouth Regional Hospital.

Susanne Maher, PhD, a researcher at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, recently received the BioAccelerate NYC Prize of $250,000 and a mentor to assist in bringing her research in product innovation to the market.

Medigus has announced it has received FDA 510(k) marketing clearance for its SRS endoscopic system, according to a news release.

Vanguard West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Ill., has announced it will live-tweet "unique hybrid surgery" on a patient with a hiatal hernia and gastrointestinal relflux disorder, according to a news release.

Gastroenterologist Richard Larry Williams, MD, has joined the East Wood Clinic in Paris, Tenn., according to a news release from Henry County Medical Center in Paris, which welcomed the physician to the area.

In a study commissioned by Canada Health Infoway, an independent, non-profit organization, primary care practices with electronic medical records identified patients who needed preventative or follow-up care approximately 30 times more quickly than clinics with paper-based records.

Researchers found that exercise may effectively treat pain related to nerve damage, according to a Psych Central report.