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This 6-month-old turned up in the emergency department with cough and fever. As a preemie, she had required lung ventilation and received CPR, according to her parents. Rib fractures were discovered, of which they claimed no knowledge. Suspicious?

Proving that a picture can be worth at least a thousand words, this slide show with links to case studies offers a chance to review the basics of diagnosis and treatment.

After a quarter century as the pioneering journal in its field, the Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine has discontinued print publication. The same respected tradition of carefully chosen peer-reviewed content and news articles about rheumatology, sports medicine, and orthopedics continues here, on Musculoskeletal Network.

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The American College of Rheumatology's huge, information-rich annual meeting has just concluded in San Diego. Rheumatology Network was there to provide on-the-spot, full coverage of the sessions most important to your daily practice, with guidance from our expert Editorial Board. Look for these articles and more, appearing now under the Conferences tab above.

Close to 2 million persons in the United States were treated for football-, soccer-, and volleyball-related injuries in emergency departments and doctors’ offices during 2011.

In a phase 2 trial of treatment for ulcerative colitis, the percentage of patients who had clinical response and remission was higher in the group treated with tofacitinib than in patients who received placebo.

The newly designed Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America Web site, http://www.ccfa.org, is devoted to providing accurate, unbiased information about inflammatory bowel disease and the progress being made toward finding cures

More than 60% of respondents to an online poll of physician leaders who are members of the American College of Physician Executives said they agreed with the US Supreme Court's recent decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act.

A risk evaluation and mitigation strategy for extended-release and long-acting opioid analgesics has been approved by the FDA.

Regular weight-bearing physical activity improves total body and lumbar spine bone mineral accretion in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus in a magnitude similar to that in healthy patients.

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Targeted pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) treatment may attenuate hemodynamic progression in patients with systemic sclerosis who have borderline abnormal pulmonary hemodynamics.

A new national campaign launched by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), A Nation in Motion, highlights the value of orthopedic care.

That limp - does it hide a small fracture? Sports medicine expert Anthony Luke tells how to assess leg injuries.

A mildly painful, swollen, discolored toe troubled a young woman in midwinter. Small pruritic lesions had appeared and resolved in recent months.

Researchers called for a ban on future use of metal-on-metal implants for hip replacement in a review published in a recent issue of The Lancet.

A long-term study of concussion and other head injuries in athletes will be conducted by the National Sport Concussion Outcomes Study Consortium, a new group that includes University of Michigan professors of neurology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and kinesiology.

A healthy 40-year-old active-duty male soldier presented with a painless groin mass, which he had noted a few weeks earlier.

Tai chi training appears to be effective as a stand-alone behavioral intervention for reducing balance impairments in patients who have mild to moderate Parkinson disease.

(AUDIO) A guideline recently released by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons found insufficiently good evidence to justify recommending any intervention for almost any kind of rotator cuff problem. Here, the head of the guidelines committee ponders the implications for clinicians who need to treat the condition, and for the guidelines process in general.

Without enough high-quality evidence to support almost any intervention for rotator cuff tears, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons engages in self-examination about the value of guidelines and expert opinion.

In this test, the patient’s forearm is placed in pronation. The examiner places pressure on the volar distal pole of the scaphoid and the dorsal lip of the radius, and moves the wrist from ulnar toradial deviation.

The percentage and absolute number of ambulatory physician office visits resulting in referrals to other physicians has grown substantially in the United States, according to researchers in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School.

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has bridged the gap between the scientific study and professional practice of strength training and conditioning with the recent release of ACSM's Foundations of Strength Training and Conditioning.

More than 440,000 persons were treated in hospitals, doctors' offices, and emergency departments for winter sports–related injuries in 2010, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Although the terms "exercise" and "heart health" are practically synonymous, members of The International Society of Exercise and Immunology (ISEI) are accustomed to looking at the effects of exercise on a deeper level.

New CDC data indicate that persons who have arthritis are significantly more likely to be physically inactive than those who do not, in spite of the proven benefits of physical activity for arthritis management.

Regular physical activity may help persons prevent or manage type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), improve a person's overall health, and boost his or her quality of life, according to new guidelines issued jointly by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the American Diabetes Association.