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• Increasing Numbers of Athletic Young Women at Risk for Brittle Bone Disease
  February 15, 2012 - When Mandy DiMarzo suffered a stress fracture that wasn't healing and a bone density test found her bones were becoming brittle and weak, she was thrown for a loop...
  
  
• Archbishop of San Juan, Roberto O. Gonzalez, has Spine Surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery
  February 9, 2012 - Roberto O. Gonzalez, Archbishop of San Juan, Puerto Rico, has been admitted to Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City for spinal surgery....
  
  
• Archive of Failed Joint Replacements Provides Tips to Building a Better Hip Replacement
  February 8, 2012 - A study by Hospital for Special Surgery researchers has provided the first comprehensive look at just how metal-on-metal total hip replacements are failing in patients around the country....
  
  

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• Foot surgery for Nets F Shawne Williams
  February 21, 2012 - Nets forward Shawne Williams will undergo surgery on Wednesday to remove a bone fragment from his left foot.

  The surgery will be performed at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan by foot specialist Dr. Martin O'Malley and Nets team orthopedist Dr. Riley Williams III.  ...
  
  

• Abdominal strains common in pro baseball players
  February 20, 2012 - More Major League Baseball players are being sidelined with abdominal muscle strains, according to a new study that suggests there may be too much focus on building strength and not enough on stretching and flexibility in the pros....
  
  
• Biggest Arthritis Myths Busted
  February 15, 2012 - About 50 million Americans are living with some type of arthritis, but despite how common a condition it is, many people -- even some who are diagnosed with it -- hold beliefs about arthritis that experts say aren't true....