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Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City has become the official hospital of the PGA of America, according to a PGA news release.

After only a few months of submitting data, hospitals involved in the American Joint Replacement Registry program have compiled data from 3,600 primary and revision joint replacements, according to an AAOS Now report.

James Andrews, MD, founder of Andrews Institute for Sports Medicine in Pensacola, Fla., performed arthroscopic shoulder surgery on Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Kevin Hart, according to a Los Angeles Times report.

Legitimate pain physicians in Florida are hoping the state's crackdown on pill mills doling out painkillers will improve their reputation, according to a report by the Tampa Tribune.

The global healthcare IT market may top $162 billion in 2015, a compound annual growth rate of 10.2 percent from 2010, according to research and consulting firm MarketsandMarkets.

Tucson Orthopaedic Institute hand surgeon Douglas Wegner, MD, recently died after suffering a heart attack while running with his son in Sabino Canyon, according to a report from the Arizona Daily Star.

After the National Football League lockout ended, there was an uptick of players who visited orthopedic surgeons with injuries such as hamstring strains and quadriceps pulls, according to a New York Times report.

Alfred Kuo, MD, assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at University of California in San Francisco, has been working with a team of researchers on studies examining the use of cell-based therapies for orthopedic treatment, according to an AAOS Now report.

Under its new labor agreement, the National Football League will now test players for human-growth hormones, according to a KBOI report.

Five pain management specialists and interventional pain management physicians discuss the key trends in pain management.