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A new study shows combining ibuprofen with acetaminophen provided better relief of chronic knee pain than acetaminophen alone, but there were increased side effects, according to a report in MedPage Today.

Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City and drug delivery company pSivida have entered into an agreement to jointly investigate the application of pSivida's drug delivery technology in orthopedics, according to a pSivida news release.

Here are five points on pain management physician compensation for both anesthesiology and non-anesthesiology specialists in 2010.

A study published in BMC Health Services Research found that 25 percent more patients avoided travel using real-time vs. store-and-forward telemedicine.

Dewey C. MacKay, MD, a Utah orthopedic surgeon on trial for 85 counts of illegally prescribing pain medication, told the court that all the drugs he prescribed were medically justified to help patients function and improve their quality of life,…

Here are 10 sports medicine physicians and specialists who recently joined a hospital or practice group.

The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., will receive a grant of more than $3 million from the National Human Genome Research Institute to integrate genomic discoveries into electronic medical records, according to a hospital news release.

James P. Sostak, II, MD, an orthopedic sports medicine surgeon, recently joined Fox Valley Orthopedics in Geneva, Ill., according to a Tribune Local report.

Kevin D. Heaton, DO, recently joined Access Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics in Exeter, N.H., according to a Foster's Daily Democrat report.

The United States does not have a standard patient identification method in health information systems, according to Indranil Ganguly, vice president and chief information officer at Centra State Healthcare System in Freeport, N.J.