Sports Medicine
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FDA: New labeling warns against combining opioids, benzodiazepines
Prescription opioid pain or cough medicines and benzodiazepines will now carry the strongest available warning regarding serious side effects and...
News
Removal from play reduces concussion recovery time in athletes
Practice Economics
Cycling accounts for the most sports-related ED visits
Case Reports
Thrower’s Fracture of the Humerus
Practice Economics
ABMS approves new addiction medicine subspecialty
Any ABMS board-certified physician will be able to seek subspecialty certification in addiction medicine.
News
New CDC opioid guideline targets overprescribing for chronic pain
Nonopioid therapy is the preferred approach to manage chronic pain outside of active cancer, palliative, and end-of-life care, the CDC said.
Article
Emergency Ultrasound: Musculoskeletal Shoulder Dislocation
Point-of-care musculoskeletal ultrasound not only serves as an adjunct to initial radiographic studies, but also assists in guiding treatment and...
News
Prednisolone, indomethacin similarly effective for acute gout
Key clinical point: Oral prednisolone is as effective as indomethacin for relieving pain in acute gout and should be considered a first-line...
News
Review: Opioid prescriptions are the work of many physicians
Contrary to reports that a relative few physicians prescribe most opioids, many primary care providers and specialists prescribe such painkillers...
Conference Coverage
Study characterizes injury risk in cervical myelopathy patients
Compared with age-matched controls, patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy had a significantly increased incidence of falls, hip fractures...
Conference Coverage
AAP: Return-to-play protocols for teen athletes often neglected
Half of parents and two in five coaches would not follow required return-to-play rules after a child suffers a hard head hit in organized sports,...