Pulse

Briefs

Mayo’s hockey research, medical students push for ski and snowboard helmet laws.

 

Medicine on the Sidelines

Team physicians must be able to treat a variety of injuries and illnesses. Most important, they have to love the game.

 

Spin Doctor

Chris Williams has found a balance between practicing pediatrics and competitive figure skating.

 

The Straight Dope

In international sports, doping is a race that pits athletes and coaches against medicine and science. When one team pulls ahead, the other is bound to be close behind.

 

End Notes

Marathon Man

Sports medicine physician Rob Johnson has been running marathons for more than 30 years—and he’s nowhere near the finish line.

By Kim Kiser

 

 

Table of Contents | December 2010

Cover Story

Never Too Old to Play

Keeping aging athletes in the game has become a new challenge for physicians.

By Jeanne Mettner

 

Feature

Working with the Teenaged Athlete

A conversation with Joel Boyd, M.D.

 

Commentary

What We Need to Do to Really Reform Health Care

Only by addressing issues such as Medicare eligibility, tort reform, and fair payment can we truly start to fix the system.

By Terry R. Tone

 

Clinical and Health Affairs

Athletes and Asthma

By William J. Picconatto, R.P.T., Ph.D., A.T.C., Susan K. Ross, R.N., AE-C, and Angeline M. Carlson, R.Ph., Ph.D.
 

Shoulder Pain: A Common-but-Challenging Problem

By Abigail Hamilton, M.D., and Jonathan P. Braman, M.D.
 

Therapeutic Musculoskeletal Injection: What Is Current Practice? What Is the Evidence?

By Jamie Peters, M.D.
 

Certified Athletic Trainers

By Lori Glover, M.H.A., M.S., A.T.C.

 

Editor's Note

Confessions of an Aging Athlete

 

MMA Viewpoint

When in Doubt, Sit Them Out

 

MMA News Now

MMA Ramps Up Efforts on Medicare Payments
MEDPAC Scores HIgh Win Rate
Republicans Take Control of Legislature

 

Tracking Reform

 

Letters

 

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