Robert Marx, MD, an orthopedic sports medicine physician at the Hospital for Special Surgery, recently published an article on performing surgery for small medial meniscocapsular separations to treat chronic medial-side knee pain, particularly in young female athletes. Several articles in…
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In response to the growing prescription drug abuse problem, the American Society of Addiction Medicine has released a prescription drug policy, according to an ASAM news release.
A panel in the Kentucky Senate has delayed a vote on a bill that would require pain management clinics to be owned and operated by physicians licensed in Kentucky and be certified in pain management, according to a WLKY.com report.
Matthew P. Lorei, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, recently joined Temple University School of Medicine as an associate professor of orthopedic surgery and assistant director of joint replacement and reconstruction surgery at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, according to a hospital…
In an award-winning presentation at the annual meeting for the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, surgeons and researchers found that using leukocyte esterase reagent strips can be helpful in diagnosing periprosthetic joint injection quickly, according to an AAOS…
Texas Children's Hospital West Campus in Houston has expanded its outpatient services to include a sports medicine program specifically for children, according to a hospital news release.
Here are 10 orthopedic surgeons who recently performed surgery on professional athletes.
The number of professional baseball players with instances of abdominal muscle strains increased over the past two decades, according to a study published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.
ONC's Office of the Chief Privacy Officer, along with the HHS Office of Civil Rights, has initiated a Privacy & Security Mobile Device project, according to an ONC Health IT news release.
Here are eight statistics on ambulatory surgery center pain management net revenue based on total revenue from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011. The trend across the board is that both gross charges and net revenue per case increased as…
