NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- There is good news for the more than half a million people a year who need surgery to repair their rotator cuff. As CBS2's Dr. Max Gomez reported, 2 million people a year go to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . With the advancement of arthroscopic surgery in the repair of rotator cuff tears, the gold standard of open ...

Shoulder pain due to the rotator cuff is one of the most common complaints presenting to an orthopedic surgeon's office. Fortunately, most rotator cuff disease is really inflammation of the rotator ...

(Reuters Health) - Surgery for shoulder pain that isn't caused by an injury has no better results than nonsurgical options or placebo surgery, and comes with potential harms, an expert panel has ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Stem cells have shown promise for all sorts of medical issues for years. As CBS2's Dr. Max Gomez reports, you can now add shoulder surgery to that list. It's for the more than ...

Patients with higher cholesterol levels face a significantly greater risk for failure of minimally invasive (arthroscopic) rotator cuff surgery, according to a new study. According to the study, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON — According to a presenter at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, time ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Cam Newton is at home recovering from surgery to repair a partially torn rotator cuff in his right shoulder on Thursday. Dr. Pat Connor performed the surgery on the Panthers ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I had an MRI that showed three of my four rotator cuff tendons have complete tears. I can only lift my right arm midway. I cannot comb my hair, and I’m right-handed. I cannot lift a ...

No pitcher’s elbow seems safe anymore. Earlier in spring training, Yu Darvish, the perennial Cy Young contender and ace of the Texas Rangers staff, had Tommy John surgery. A week later, promising Mets ...

Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant has a torn rotator cuff in his right shoulder. Now the question is, does he need season-ending surgery? The No. 3 scorer in NBA history will make his ...