The National Football League continues testing athletes for human growth hormone use, which athletes may be using without considering the potential long-term affects of the substance on their bodies, according to a report from CBS 42.
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The American College of Sports Medicine recently announced that it is working the National Institute of Aging in the Go4Life Campaign according to a news release by the American College of Sports Medicine.
The new Methodist Center for Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine at Willowbrook hosted an open house on in early August to celebrate the new orthopedic, sports medicine and rehabilitation facility, according to a New Methodist Center news release.
In 2008, 12.1 million women reported suffering from chronic pain, but only 8.7 of those reported receiving treatment — at a cost of $12.9 billion, according to the News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and…
Steven Kottemann, MD, a physician at an affiliate of Springfield, Ill.-based Memorial Health System, says he was placed on leave due to inadequate training for electronic medical records, according to a State Journal-Register report.
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A new study published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine found that platelet-rich plasma application during arthroscopic rotator cuff repair doesn't demonstrate a clear clinical or recovery advantage except for improvement in internal rotation.
New state regulations are moving away from regulating just "pill mills" to setting up restrictions for physicians practicing pain management, according to an American Medical News report.
A petition has been created on the White House Website that urges the government to include acupuncture under CMS and Federal Employee Insurance. The petition says that including acupuncture will "maximize results, end needless suffering & save huge amounts of…
CMS has released guidance (pdf) on electronic health record meaningful use requirements for clinical quality measures, according to an AHA News Now report.