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Heinz Hoenecke, MD, head team physician for the San Diego Padres, and Jan Fronek, MD, performed a shoulder debridement on Padre's pitcher Clayton Richard, according to an MLB report.

A campaign in Chicago will allow physicians to text information about concussions and other football injuries to athletes, coaches and parents, according to a news release.

Professional athletes may be at an increased risk of infection after ACL reconstruction, according to a report in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.

Natural language processing analysis of electronic medical records is more effective in identifying postoperative complications than patient safety indicators based on discharge coding, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, is the chairman of the board and CEO of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) and the Society of Interventional Pain Management Surgery Centers (SIPMS); medical director of the Pain Management Center of Paducah (Ky.);…

According to a Journal of Pain report, smokers are much more likely to report problems with chronic pain than non-smokers.

A. David Davis, MD, a sports medicine physician, has joined The Physicians of Access Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics in Exeter, N.H., according to a Foster's Daily Democrat report.

Lewis Yocum, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedics in Los Angeles, will perform elbow surgery on Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jose Contreras, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report.

Technavio researchers estimate that the world mobile health applications market will see a 24 percent compound annual growth rate from 2010-2014.

Kohl's department stores donated $313,000 to Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital Pediatric Sports Medicine Center, a portion of which will be put towards preventing ACL injury among young athletes, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.