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A new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology reveals that opioid prescriptions for chronic abdominal pain more than doubled between 1997 and 2008, according to an Anesthesiology News report.

A recent study shows that musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders were the most common reasons for medical evaluation (24 percent) among Iraq and Afghanistan service members, and spinal pain was reported by another 7 percent, according to a Pain Medicine…

Here are 15 orthopedic surgeons who are performing procedures for professional athletes.

Quint Studer, founder and CEO of Studer Group, began his career as a special education teacher for 10 years. Mr. Studer entered the healthcare industry in 1984 and said the values of teaching and education carried over to healthcare "very…

In a case pending before the Minnesota Supreme Court, a neurologist is suing a patient's relative for defamation after he published a negative review online, according to a Star Tribune report.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine announced they will hold their first hands-on skills course for residents and post-resident fellows.

Co-chief of sports medicine and shoulder service at Hospital for Special Surgery and Senior Vice President for educational and academic affairs Laura Robbins participated in the initial phase of opening the first orthopedic specialty hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Mexico.

Lifestyles magazine has honored six surgeons from Resurgens Orthopaedics as Top Docs.

Summer Ott, a neuropsychologist and an authority on sports concussions, joined Ironman Sports Medicine Institute at Memorial Hermann in Houston as it sports concussion program director.

Here are five apps, available on smartphones or tablets, that allow gastroenterologists to enhance their interaction with patients, consume specialty news in one convenient spot and calculate key figures quickly.