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Personal information on more than 14,000 patients from Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services and North Memorial in Robbinsdale, Minn., was stored on a laptop that was stolen in July, according to an ABC Eyewitness News report.

In federal court in Maine, a Florida couple received four years and three months in prison for mailing oxycodone to a Maine couple, according to a Bangor Daily News report.

Psychological interventions can alleviate chronic pain, improve patients' quality of life and stop onset of disabilities, but only if they are motivated to be active, according to a Medical News Today report.

Here are the programs and legislation that have recently been enacted in five different states to curb illicit use of pain medication.

Kevin Forsythe, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, recently joined Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton, Calif., according to a Paso Robles Press report.

Neal ElAttrache, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Institute in Los Angeles, recently performed elbow surgery on Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Jonathan Broxton, according to a Los Angeles Times report.

Xavier Durlande, MD, a team orthopedist for the Atlanta Braves, will perform arthroscopic shoulder surgery on Braves relief pitcher Peter Moylan, according to a report from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker, the Army's surgeon general, is a strong advocate of alternative therapies, especially acupuncture, rather than pain medications, according to a San Antonio Express report.

Twenty-seven physicians whose prescription pads had been stolen or duplicated cooperated in the arrests of 41 illegal users of pain medications in three Florida counties, according to a St. Petersburg Times report.

Here are 10 sports medicine specialists who have received recognition either by an outside organization or by internal promotion over the past four months.