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Brian McKeon, MD, team physician for the Boston Celtics, recently performed shoulder surgery on Celtics player Avery Bradley, according to a Providence Journal report.

Anthony Asher, MD, is a neurological surgeon with the Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates in Charlotte, N.C. He was recently named the director of the American Board of Neurological Surgery.

A new study reveals that colonoscopy is an effective method of detecting colorectal cancer in elderly patients who had not been previously screened, according to an article on new research presented at Digestive Disease Week.

CONMED Corp. has announced its CONMED Endoscopic Technologies unit has launched six new GI/endoscopy medical devices, according to a news release.

Increasing pressures in the outpatient surgery setting — ranging from regulations and quality measures to issues surrounding payors and reimbursement — can make physicians feel less engaged in the practice of medicine, according to Bob Uslander, MD, an entrepreneur and…

The majority of low-income patients visiting a primary care provider spend a significant amount of time talking about their pain, according to a study reported in Pain Medicine News.

A transcranial magnetic stimulation device provided effective pain relief when tested on five fibromyalgia patients, according to a study reported in Family Practice News.

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…