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The Longstreet Clinic in Gainesville, Ga., recently opened the new Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine office in Buford, Ga., according to a Longstreet Clinic news release.

Lawrence Dorr, MD, founder of the Dorr Arthritis Institute at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, recently published a novel titled Die Once, Live Twice, detailing the history of medicine, according to a story from Authorlink.

A research group, led by researchers at the Cleveland Clinic, found a one-time injection of fibronectin immediately after spinal cord injury can limit pain for up to eight months, according to a news release.

Decision Resources, a pharmaceutical and healthcare research and advisory firm, found therapies to treat chronic back pain and arthritis pain will continue to be the most profitable segments of the chronic pain drug market through 2020, according to a news…

Tom Graham, MD, a hand and wrist subspecialist at Cleveland Clinic, recently performed wrist surgery on Texas Rangers first baseman Mitch Moreland, according to a Star-Telegram report.

Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston, Iowa, recently welcomed orthopedic surgeon Damian Mizera, MD, as the leader of GRMC's new orthopedic practice, according to a hospital news release.

Current participants in the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program will have until 2014 instead of 2013 to begin meaningful use Stage 2 implementation, according to an HHS news release.

Fifty-seven percent of office-based physicians used electronic medical record/electronic health record systems in 2011, a huge jump from the 18 percent in 2001, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Marc Philippon, MD, a hip surgeon at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., recently performed hip surgery on professional golfer Brandt Snedeker, according to a Fox News report.

The Stone Clinic in San Francisco, founded by Kevin R. Stone, MD, recently opened the first dedicated meniscus transplant center, according to a release from The Stone Clinic.