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The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has named seven new members of its board, according to an AAOS Now report.

The Defense Department's U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command has awarded Michael McCrea, PhD, director of brain injury research at Medical College of Wisconsin, $1.9 million over the next three years to study concussions among military personnel, according to…

With legislative sessions well under way, some states are calling for more stringent regulation of pain clinics and pain medication prescriptions in their aim to reduce drug overdoses and addictions. Proposed regulation includes mandatory pain clinic licensing, comprehensive databases for…

Five pain management physicians talk about how their practices have responded to the recent surge in opioid abuse.

A retired army veteran in Ohio was one of the first in the nation to receive an implant that uses motion-sensor technology to relieve chronic pain, according to a Youngstown Vindicator report.

Hospital for Special Surgery, along with a professional lower extremity organization, announced the International Congress on Cartilage Repair of the Ankle, which will take place later this week in Dublin, Ireland.

A bill requiring greater scrutiny of Georgia pain clinics has passed the state House and now heads to the Senate, according to a GPB News report.

Evan Lederman, MD, and William Raasch, MD, performed knee surgery on Milwaukee Brewers right fielder Corey Hart at Arrowhead Hospital in Glendale, Ariz., where the team holds spring training, according to an ESPN report.

James Andrews, MD, founder of Andrews Institute for Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics in Gulf Breeze, Fla., will perform ulnar collateral ligament repair on Minnesota Twins relief pitcher Joel Zumaya later this month, according to an ESPN report.

Nationwide Children's Hospital announced it opened the second, free-standing sports medicine and orthopedic center in Dublin, Ohio.