Trial Backs Steroid Shots for Stubborn Achilles Tendon Pain Corticosteroid bests placebo when combined with resistance exercise therapy Jul 11, 2022
Ouch! Doc Reacts to Painful Gym Accidents Family medicine physician and YouTuber Dr. Mike diagnoses sports injuries May 18, 2022
Concussion Doc's Plagiarism Scandal; American Scientist Worked on CRISPR Babies? This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 23, 2022
Doctor Sued Over Stem Cell Treatments Clinic made almost $750K from treatments with no evidence behind them Mar 17, 2022
Medicare Claws Back Money for Dubious Birth-Tissue Stem Cell Shots Government seeks to recoup more than 2 years of payments for unproven treatments Mar 16, 2022
Malone Harassed Doc Who Reported Him to Medical Board; Pain Clinic Fraud Scheme This past week in healthcare investigations Feb 23, 2022
Former Football Stars Team Up With CDC to Promote COVID Vaccination The campaign, first launched in March, underwent a reboot with the spread of Delta Jan 02, 2022
Doc Fired After Standing Up to Private Equity; RFK Jr.'s Anti-Vax Machine This past week in healthcare investigations Dec 22, 2021
NFL Players More Likely to Be Diagnosed With, Die of ALS Study finds nearly four-fold increased risk for progressive neurodegenerative disease Dec 16, 2021
Head Trauma Guidelines Often Abandoned for Young Patients in the ED "There's a lot of room for improvement," researcher says Oct 29, 2021
Are Young Female Athletes Taking More Hits to the Head? Sports-related head injuries in teens estimated to have tripled over past two decades Sep 07, 2021
Simone Biles Is Sending a Message: Olympians Are People First Mental health is essential to sporting success Jul 29, 2021
Inside Olympic Precautions: Three Team Doctors Dish Physicians satisfied with strong safety measures during controversial Tokyo games Jul 28, 2021
Triathlete Seeks Help After Repeated Spells of Heart Palpitations Sports career/training can trigger Afib Jul 26, 2021
ADHD Linked to Kids' Traumatic Brain Injury Severity But overall, children with ADHD were more likely to experience TBI Jul 12, 2021
First Close Look at Presumed Myocarditis Cases After COVID Vaccination Case reports suggest a favorable clinical course after hospitalization Jun 17, 2021
Physician Organizations Challenge PA Name Change The AMA and AOA release statements against the rebrand Jun 09, 2021
Guns for Vaccinations; IU Health Joins the Mandate Club; NFL Ends 'Race-Norming' A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Jun 03, 2021
Op-Ed: Let the Olympic Games Be Canceled Amid continued crisis, now is not the time for celebrating athletic achievement May 20, 2021
Op-Ed: Let's Prevent Post-Shutdown Sports Injuries in our Kids Quarantine to competition carries heightened injury risk Apr 13, 2021
Banned Stimulants Again Found in Supplements Researchers question FDA's commitment to enforcement Mar 23, 2021
Criteria Proposed to Diagnose Clinical Syndrome Tied to CTE Traumatic encephalopathy syndrome definition applies to research, not clinical care Mar 15, 2021
Testicular Dysfunction May Persist Long After Anabolic Steroid Use "Need to treat not just as problem of testosterone deficiency but as a body-image disorder" Mar 09, 2021
Device to Prevent Athletes' Brain Injury Wins FDA Nod Low-tech neck collar keeps brain from "sloshing" during moderate impacts Feb 26, 2021
Most College Football Head Impacts Occur in Practice, Not Games Findings may have NCAA policy implications Feb 01, 2021
FDA OK's First-Ever Synthetic Implant for ACL Tears Bioresorbable device fills gap between torn ligament ends Dec 16, 2020
Bone Marrow Improves Healing With ACL Grafts MRI confirms better outcomes than with allograft alone in randomized study Dec 04, 2020
Pilot Study: Widespread Pre-Sports ECG Screening Feasible Report from Florida school district that mandated CV screening for young athletes Oct 04, 2020
These Forbes 400 Billionaires Made Their Fortunes in Healthcare 14 individuals, $66 billion in combined net worth Sep 24, 2020
Post-COVID Heart Scans Without Symptoms: Not a Good Idea Multidisciplinary group urges against general population screening Sep 15, 2020
Tackle Football in Childhood: Does Age Matter? Early exposure may not be linked to short-term concussion recovery Sep 09, 2020
ESC Offers Sports, Exercise Guide for Heart Disease Patients Addresses broad spectrum and specific conditions Sep 01, 2020
Why These Athletes Went Ahead With Their Elective Surgeries Sports medicine physicians weigh in on special treatment Apr 22, 2020
From Fraud to Ghana Presidency? Another Sports Doc Abuse Scandal Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Feb 21, 2020
Bad News for Tau PET Tracer in CTE Only modest correlation between imaging result and actual pathology in ex-football player Jan 07, 2020
Boxers, MMA Fighters Show Distinct Brain Injury Patterns Can brain region volume be a biomarker for future CTE? Dec 23, 2019
When Should Kids Start -- or Stop -- Playing Contact Sports? Consensus report looks at preventing concussions in youth sports Nov 12, 2019
Brain Injury After Concussion May Linger Some effects persist a year after college athletes return to play Oct 16, 2019
Joint Injections: Are They Worth the Risk? Adverse outcomes hastening joint replacement have raised concerns Oct 15, 2019