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NYU Langone Medical Center announced its orthopedic surgery department has become the sponsor of USA Wrestling.

James Andrews, MD, recently treated Blue Jays pitcher Jesse Litsch with a platelet-rich plasma injection to help heal shoulder inflammation, according to a National Post report.

The American National Standards Institute, The Santa Fe Group/Shared Assessments Program Healthcare Working Group and the Internet Security Alliance have announced a collaborative report which provides information for healthcare organizations to better understand and limit data breach risks and liabilities.

A New York bill intended to crack down on prescription drug overdoses continues to draw criticism from state healthcare providers, according to a Forbes report.

University Hospital in Cleveland is now one of just several hospitals in the country performing cryoablation to provide pain relief to cancer patients, according an NBC 5 Cleveland report.

David Gallagher, MD, recently joined UHS Medical Group Orthopedics in Birmingham, N.Y., according to a Press Connects report.

The National Academy of Sports Medicine has announced the hiring of Andrew Wyant to lead the organization.

On February 16, 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a long-awaited proposed rule to establish regulations regarding the reporting and returning of overpayments to the Medicare program (77 Fed. Reg. 9,179 (Feb. 16, 2012)). The proposed regulations…

Charles Bush-Joseph, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago, was recently elected president of the Major League Baseball Team Physicians Association, according to an AAOS Now news report.

A Kentucky senate panel yesterday heard testimony on a bill aiming to curb pain pill abuse in the state, according to a Louisville Courier-Journal report.