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Close to half of patients with Dupuytren contracture do not receive prompt referral to a specialist, visiting their general practitioner almost 3 times beforehand.

Intermezzo (zolpidem tartrate sublingual tablets) has received FDA approval for use as needed to manage insomnia characterized by middle-of-the-night waking followed by difficulty in returning to sleep.

Primary care physicians (PCPs) could help about one-third of obese persons achieve clinically meaningful weight loss by providing enhanced lifestyle counseling.

By using a principle- and evidence-based approach, physicians can improve patients' function and comfort and reduce their pain and disability… Read More

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A systematic trial of all major studies comparing metal on metal and other alternatives for artificial hip joints finds no good evidence to favor them. A test case for the FDA, the study bolsters the importance of a newly formed international consortium of orthopedic registries.

Long hours of sitting at a desk can take its toll on one or both of your patients’ hip joints, but some simple measures can provide relief.

Persons as young as 45 to 64 years will account for more than half of new diagnoses of knee osteoarthritis over the next decade as the rate of disease in younger persons increases...

(VIDEO) How to inject a steroid into an affected flexor tendon without risking rupture.

An 8-arm randomized trial found commercial programs far better than well-designed primary care efforts at achieving weight loss.

provides a monthly update on managing musculoskeletal disorders in daily practice. Crossing traditional specialty lines, JMM pulls together information you need from rheumatology, orthopedics, sports medicine, cardiology, neurology and related specialties, as well as from primary care medicine.CURRENT ISSUE: VOL 29/NO 4   MAY 2012             

Participation in athletic activities relates to superior street-crossing multitasking abilities. Differences between athletes and nonathletes in the processing of speed may underlie this difference.

The prevalence of meniscal and medial collateral ligament (MCL) injuries increases with the increased extent of bone contusions in patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture.

The role of primary care in gatekeeping access to physical therapists meets a serious challenge from a large analysis of claims data.

The National Youth Sports Health & Safety Institute has been created to provide comprehensive research, education, recommendations, guidelines, and policy to enhance the experience, development, health, and safety of children and adolescents involved in sports and physical activity.

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A beautifully illustrated resource about major issues and controversies in sports medicine has been posted on the Internet.

A Chicago orthopedic surgery team has stepped in to fill the gap when local public hospitals stopped providing hip and knee replacements. Another Chicago orthopedist questions whether such limited efforts are enough to meet the real need, or to solve the fundamental problem.

Blending nutritional drinks in the summer

Advice for patients who exercise in the summer

Patient Guide for patients exercising in the heat

Health and fitness professionals now may customize exercise prescriptions for healthy adults with the help of new American College of Sports Medicine recommendations.

During football practice, another player rolled into the lateral side of this 17-year-old's right knee, causing an injury. He was examined promptly, with the following results:

A slip on the grass sidelined a young football player 6 weeks after he sustained a complete tear of his medial collateral ligament. Learn how he added insult to the injury.

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