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<乌鸦传媒>Female Athletes More Prone to Recurrent Concussion

Reason unclear, study leader calls for more research

<乌鸦传媒>Flag Football Has Higher Youth Injury Rates

But comparison to tackle leagues hampered by study limitations

<乌鸦传媒>Heads Up: Timeline Illustrates Program's Complex History

Pattern of repeating researchers, other partners

<乌鸦传媒>Travel Direction Tied to Baseball Teams' Performance

Lower winning percentage on eastbound road trips

<乌鸦传媒>Creatine: Should Adolescents Be Taking It?

F. Perry Wilson, MD, looks at the science

<乌鸦传媒>Knee Cartilage Repair Product Wins FDA Nod

First of its kind to be approved, agency says

<乌鸦传媒>10 Questions: Rep. Tom Price, MD (R-Ga.)

What's the biggest barrier to practicing medicine today? Medical decisions being made by nonmedical people, says Rep. Tom Price, MD (R-Ga.), an orthopedic surgeon who has served in Congress since 2005.

<乌鸦传媒>Pro Soccer Career: A Risk Factor for Osteoarthritis in Men

Study also suggests controversial joint injections hike OA risk

<乌鸦传媒>Concussion Prevention: Senator Wants Crackdown on Product Claims

FTC promises "a very close look"

<乌鸦传媒>MedPAC Looks at Ways to Adjust Misvalued Services

Commission debates grouping CPT codes into families

<乌鸦传媒>Concussions at Altitude: No Longer Worth Investigating?

Researchers suggest issue is resolved; others say not so fast

<乌鸦传媒>301 People Charged With $900 Million in False Medicare Billings

Largest sweep since government fraud team began in 2007

<乌鸦传媒>How to Avoid Misdiagnosis

How a patient makes you feel may affect your diagnostic acumen

<乌鸦传媒>Football Rules: Are Changes Saving Heads?

Contrasting effects of rules on return-to-play and helmet fit

<乌鸦传媒>Outpatient Surgery Safe for Total Hip

No medical or surgical events put patients at risk

<乌鸦传媒>Medical Schools Boost Pain Management Education

In light of opioid epidemic, more schools focus on thoughtful prescribing

<乌鸦传媒>Dedicating a Career to Diversity and Disparities

NMA president Edith Mitchell, MD, laments racial gaps in medicine

<乌鸦传媒>One Patient's Seizure Cure: Stop Solving Sudoku Puzzles

Hypoxia suffered after an avalanche leads to puzzle-solving problem

<乌鸦传媒>Is SAMHSA to Blame for a Broken Mental Health System?

Two members of Congress differ on how to fix a failing system

<乌鸦传媒>'Failure to Communicate' Drives Misdiagnosis

Electronic medical records also need to be improved, says Mark Graber, MD

<乌鸦传媒>Teach Patients How to Communicate Symptoms Better

Patients should learn the eight characteristics of a symptom

<乌鸦传媒>Doctors Urged to Practice 'Conservative Diagnosis'

And sharing cell phone numbers is a good idea

<乌鸦传媒>Patient Registries See Promise and Challenges Ahead

Physician-driven registries adapt to a changing health system

<乌鸦传媒>Experts Gain Ground in CTE Diagnosis

NIH working group says perivascular tau deposition is hallmark feature of chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

<乌鸦传媒>EHR Scores in National Football League

Electronic health records combined with video images are improving team healthcare.

<乌鸦传媒>Cold Packs on Extremities Aid in Heat Stroke

New method may ease danger more quickly.

<乌鸦传媒>Knee Surgery Linked to Higher OA Risk

Can meniscus repairs actually worsen joint damage?

<乌鸦传媒>PRP Shows Promise for Hamstring Tears

Hamstring injuries are notoriously slow to heal. Can platelet-rich plasma help?

<乌鸦传媒>John West: The Doc at the Top of the World

Only one mountain pushes lungs to the absolute limit -- Mount Everest -- and only once has that limit been measured directly, by John B. West, MD, PhD, Dsc.

<乌鸦传媒>Vitamin D Blog: Cutting Edema in Athletes' Bones

Vitamin D supplementation might help professional athletes who are being treated for bone marrow edema with bisphosphonates, according to a new study.

<乌鸦传媒>Can You Get Paid For Prescribing Exercise?

How do doctors get reimbursed when they prescribe exercise? We asked Jordan Metzl, MD, author of the new book, "Exercise Cure."

<乌鸦传媒>Prime Time: When Athletes Need Drugs

The governing bodies of elite sports keep a strict eye on the use of all kinds of substances to ensure a level playing field for competitive athletes. Here's what you need to know if one of them walks in to your practice in need of treatment.

<乌鸦传媒>Olympic Doctors Ready to Treat Team U.S.A.

While the world watches elite athletes like Michael Phelps and Hope Solo go for Olympic gold, the athletes' team physicians will be watching them, too, but with a different perspective.

<乌鸦传媒>Muscle Massage Rubs Out Inflammation

Heavily stressed muscles responded to massage therapy with a variety of biologic changes associated with reduced inflammation, analysis of tissue specimens showed.

<乌鸦传媒>Docs Contradict NCAA on Sickle Cell Trait Tests

The American Society of Hematology is challenging the major college sports organization over its policy on sickle cell trait testing for athletes.

<乌鸦传媒>Training Technique Stresses Athletes' Spines

CHICAGO --The squat lift, an exercise that has long been a standard training technique for athletes, puts inordinate stress on the spine and likely is the cause of chronic stress fractures in young athletes.

<乌鸦传媒>Newly Revealed ACL Injury Ends 2008 Season for Tiger Woods

ORLANDO -- Tiger Woods, the world's best golfer, announced today that reconstructive surgery for an anterior cruciate ligament rupture in his left knee will force him off the course for at least the rest of the year.

<乌鸦传媒>So You've Got Tennis Elbow?

NEW YORK-Few conditions have more ostensible cures than tennis elbow. When 乌鸦传媒 published a Special Report during the U.S. Open here on evidence-based cures for tennis elbow, many of our readers shared their own approaches. Here is a sampling (edited for space). Caveat emptor.