http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. French surgeons have fitted 650 people with replacement hips that had not been certified as meeting European standards, it emerged Thursday in a case with echoes of a scandal over faulty breast implants. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-unauthorised-hips-french-patients.html Surgery Thu, 02 May 2013 11:55:44 EST news286714538 Stems cells taken from just a few grams of body fat are a promising weapon against the crippling effects of osteoarthritis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-stem-cells-arthritis.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:50:01 EST news286392514 A Case Western Reserve University chemistry professor has begun imbedding magnetic nanoparticles in the toughest of plastics to understand why more than 40,000 Americans must replace their knee and hip replacements annually. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-effort-hips-knees-bad.html Medical research Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:52:14 EST news279215497 Inpatient hospital treatment accounts for the largest proportion of health care spending in the U.S., with the use of diagnostic imaging services such as MRIs, frequently implicated as the probable cause.  A new analysis finds that the biggest expense may not be imaging technology but from supplies including medical devices, such as stents and artificial joints. "One of the take-away messages for hospitals is that they should examine their own data in closer detail to explore the costs that are rapidly rising and have a better understanding for the underlying reasons," said lead author Jared Lane Maeda, Ph.D., of Truven Health Analytics in Washington, D.C. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-inpatient-linked-medical-devices.html Health Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:00:01 EST news265447154 Hip replacement is one of the most frequent operations carried out in Germany. Each year, doctors implant some 200,000 artificial hip joints. Often the artificial hips need to be replaced just ten years later. In the future, a new implant currently being developed using high technology materials could help prevent premature revision surgeries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-hip-implant-long-term.html Other Fri, 04 May 2012 14:00:01 EST news255356920 The culprit behind a failed hip or knee replacements might be found in the mouth. DNA testing of bacteria from the fluid that lubricates hip and knee joints had bacteria with the same DNA as the plaque from patients with gum disease and in need of a joint replacement. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-joint-failures-potentially-linked-oral.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:38:12 EST news253967876 (AP) -- It happened to nurse Jane Byron years after an in-line skating fall, business owner Haralee Weintraub while doing "men's" push-ups, and avid cyclist Gene Wilberg while lifting a heavy box. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-boomers-beware-doctor.html Health Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:30:48 EST news248268569 Undergoing a knee replacement involves sophisticated medical equipment, but innovative prosthetic design may not offer the same benefits for all knee replacement recipients, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a perspective article in the October 20 issue of New England Journal of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-size-knee-medical-devices.html Other Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:48:55 EST news238294019 Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a therapy for a potentially deadly type of infection common in catheters, artificial joints and other "in-dwelling" medical devices. Their findings appear in the Open Access Journal PLoS Pathogens on September 8th. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-combination-therapy-common-infection-implanted.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:45:51 EST news234722492