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Lori Kough, a licensed practical nurse and office manager at Suncoast Pain Management in Sarasota, has been charged with 34 counts of prescription drug fraud and one count of Oxycodone trafficking, according to a Bradenton.com news report.

Results presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Management showed that a lidocaine/tetracaine patch relieved pain associated with shoulder impingement syndrome, according to a Medscape report.

A study published in the American Journal of Medicine found that opioid use in patients with fibromyalgia was associated with lower education, unemployment, disability payments, current unstable psychiatric disorder, a history of substance abuse and previous suicide attempts.

Here are 15 orthopedic and spine surgeries for professional athletes performed by leading orthopedic and spine surgeons.

ONC has challenged developers to create an application that engages patients in improving their cardiovascular health, according to a Health IT Buzz report.

Two orthopedic surgeons from OAK Orthopedics in Bradley, Ill., have been chosen to serve as team physicians for the U.S. Soccer, according to a Local Trib report.

John C. Elfar, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the University of Rochester (N.Y) Medical Center, was recently awarded the North American Traveling Fellowship by the American Orthopaedic Association, according to a University of Rochester news release.

Richard Steadman, MD, co-founder of The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., recently performed arthroscopic knee surgery on Cleveland Indians' center fielder Grady Sizemore, according to an ESPN report.

Thousands of Medicare beneficiaries received multiple prescriptions painkillers and other narcotics, signaling an increase in prescription drug abuse, according to the Government Accountability Office and a New York Times report.

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused an appeal of a Maryland court decision on patients' consent for releasing medical records, according to a Christian Science Monitor report.