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Robert Anderson, MD, performed foot surgery on New York Giants receiver Hakeem Nicks, according to an NFL report.

Lewis Yocum, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, is performing reconstructive elbow surgery on Kansas City Royals pitchers Danny Duffy and Blake Wood, according to a USA Today report.

Ask any number of people working in healthcare, or any industry for that matter, to define the "cloud" — or cloud computing — and you will likely get a variety of answers with varied degrees of accuracy — not unlike…

The national gastroenterology societies have announced they have issued a new document on sedation training for gastrointestinal endoscopy, according to a news release (pdf).

Loren Laine, MD, AGAF, of the Yale University School of Medicine, has begun his presidency of the American Gastroenterological Association Institute, according to an AGA news release.

A new study by researchers at the University of California at San Francisco shows how cell therapy might one day be used to cure neuropathic pain.

Nevro yesterday announced that the FDA has granted approval for a study evaluating its high-frequency spinal cord stimulation system for the treatment of chronic pain.

Between December 2007 and August 2009, the percentage of individuals with employer-based health coverage dropped from 60.4 percent to 55.9 percent, and although there was slight improvement later in 2009, that figure slipped back to 55.8 percent by April 2011,…

Chief of orthopedic surgery at Norwalk (Conn.) Hospital Nicholas V. Polifroni, MD, has received the Tracey Award from the hospital, which is awarded for leadership, character, community service involvement and clinical skill, according to a Norwalk Patch report.

Mark Adickes, MD, a Houston-based orthopedic surgeon, will perform knee surgery on St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Lance Berkman, according to a St. Louis Today report.