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Researchers Find Younger, More Diverse Patients Having Total Knee Replacements

A research team led by Mayo Clinic has found a national trend toward younger, more diverse patients having total knee replacement surgery.

Physiotherapy Associates and LifeBridge Health Sports Medicine Form Partnership to Provide Leading Physical Therapy Program

Physiotherapy Associates and LifeBridge Health Sports Medicine announced today they have formed a partnership to become the Baltimore area’s leading outpatient physical therapy service company. LifeBridge Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation powered by Physiotherapy Associates provides sports medicine services and rehabilitation for elite athletes, orthopedic outpatients and chronic pain patients.

Team Approach Provides Better Care for Children with Cleft Lip and Palate

Children with a cleft lip or cleft palate are more likely to receive recommended age-appropriate health care when that care is provided by an interdisciplinary team rather than an individual provider. In a study encompassing three states, 24% of participants were not receiving team care.

Surgeons Meet Challenge of Treating Combat Injuries of the Knee

The ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have resulted in uniquely destructive patterns of combat injuries, including limb-threatening injuries to the knee. In the March special issue of Techniques in Knee Surgery (www.techknee.com), military surgeons serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom share their experience with managing these high-energy injuries of the knee.

Coachtalk: Research on Post-Game Comments

Whether they win or lose in the upcoming NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, one outcome is certain: coaches will follow predictable patterns in what they say after the game. Wake Forest professor John Llewellyn has studied those patterns for years and calls it coachtalk.

Public Roundtable: “Quest for a Living World”

Join Discover magazine and author-blogger-astronomer Phil Plait (of Bad Astronomy fame) as they bring together the new breed of planet hunters to debate what’s next in the search for earthlike worlds. Produced in partnership with the Thirty Meter Telescope Project (TMT) and hosted by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), “The Quest for a Living World” will be held April 21 at Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium beginning at 7:30 p.m.

New Asteroid Threat Reports Highlight Legal and Institutional Issues

International experts have outlined needed steps and concerns in establishing a global detection and warning network to deal with possible Near Earth Object (NEO) threats to Earth.