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The University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center’s sports medicine practice has been recognized by the New York Athletic Administrators Association as the 2011 Community Service Recipient, according to a URMC news report.

The following hospital mergers and acquisitions took place within the past two weeks, beginning with the most recent.

Pain management was the fourth most common specialty in ambulatory surgery centers with 17 percent of overall case volume, according to VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011. Using compensation data from MGMA's Physician Compensation and Production Survey 2011 Report Based…

David Gallagher, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with a special interest in sports medicine, recently joined UHS Medical Group Orthopedics in Binghamton, N.Y., according to an ABC news report.

Gary Franklin, MD, medical director for the Department of Labor and Industries, and Jeff Thompson, MD, medical director for the Health Care Authority, wrote in a Seattle Times editorial that although the methadone deaths are increasing in Washington State, the…

A new study found listening to music can be effective for reducing pain in high-anxiety patients who are easily absorbed in cognitive activities, according to findings published in The Journal of Pain.

Acupuncture has been used for thousands of years, but reception for the procedure by the Western medical community has been lukewarm at best. Christian Nix, who is opening an acupuncture clinic in Chicago's Mercy Hospital in Feb. 2012, is trying…

Hypermobile elite-level professional soccer players have increased incidence of injury among athletes, according to a report in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.

John H. Judd, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, recently joined Bluff Sports medicine in Poplar Bluff, Mo., according to a report from Southeast Missourian.

Lemak Sports Medicine and Orthopedics, a sports medicine practice in Birmingham, Ala., recently held a Medical Soccer Symposium, according to a report from The North Jefferson News.