Intense exercise regimens often practiced by elite and former elite male athletes is a risk factor for osteoarthritis and joint arthroplasty, according to a study published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.
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The American Orthopaedic Association has honored James D. Heckman, MD, with its Distinguished Contributions to Orthopaedics Award, according to a report in AAOS Now.
Scientists at Stanford and UCSF will conduct two clinical trials to test the use of ultrasound waves to ease pain in cancer patients whose cancer has metastasized to their bones, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report.
North Shore University Hospital collaborated with LIJ Medical Center to open the Procedural Pain Management Center, an outpatient facility in Lake Success that will treat adults with acute and chronic pain conditions, according to a news release.
CMS has created a new tool (pdf) to guide eligible professionals through the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program.
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Today begins Operation Walk USA 2011, an initiative that will provide 85 patients in the United States with joint replacement procedures they couldn't otherwise afford, according to an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons news release.
Pain management is a specialty in flux. Not only are more chronic pain sufferers seeking out treatment, but the release of a recent Center for Disease Control report, which found more people die from prescription drug overdoses than heroin and…
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.