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New blood test finds allergies before implant surgery

Imagine what Paula Spurlock must have been going through. Shortly after having a hip replaced in 2011, the trouble started. "I had horrible itching, really bad migraines and intense pain throughout my body," ...

Medical research created May 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research team finds compound that can spur cartilage growth

(Medical Xpress) -- A research team from drug maker Novartis has discovered a compound that spurs cartilage growth in mice. As they describe in their paper published in the journal Science, the team has found that when a ...

Medical research created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Engineering a better hip implant

University of Iowa researchers have determined that thigh size in obese people is a reason their hip implants are more likely to fail.

Medical research created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Running, even in excess, doesn't lead to more osteoarthritis and hip replacements

(Medical Xpress)—Need another reason to dust off those running shoes in the back of the closet? It turns out that running longer distances actually decreases a person's risk of osteoarthritis and hip replacements, ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Mar 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lower-income patients fare better than wealthier after knee replacement, study finds

Patients who make $35,000 a year or less report better outcomes after knee replacement surgery than people who earn more, research by Mayo Clinic and the University of Alabama at Birmingham shows. The lower-income patients ...

Surgery created Nov 10, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Arthritic knees, but not hips, have robust repair response

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center used new tools they developed to analyze knees and hips and discovered that osteoarthritic knee joints are in a constant state of repair, while hip joints are not.

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New effort to find why replacement hips and knees go bad

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.

Medical research created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Unauthorised replacement hips fitted to 650 French patients

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.

Surgery created May 02, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Metal-on-metal hip replacement patients at no more risk of developing cancer

Patients who have had metal-on-metal hip replacements are no more likely to develop cancer in the first seven years after surgery than the general population, although a longer-term study is required, a study published in ...

Cancer created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study suggests key to avoiding ankle re-injury may be in the hips and knees

Nearly all active people suffer ankle sprains at some point in their lives, and a new University of Georgia study suggests that the different ways people move their hip and knee joints may influence the risk of re-injury.

Health created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Encouraging news for hip surgeries: New hip prosthesis lasts over 20 years

A team of researchers at the University Department of Orthopaedics at the MedUni Vienna / Vienna General Hospital has for the first time investigated the durability of Zweymüller hip prostheses, which were ...

Surgery created Dec 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Alternative hip replacement technique results in faster recovery

(Medical Xpress)—University of California, San Diego Health System is one of only a few hospitals in the nation to offer computer-assisted navigation technology with the direct anterior hip replacement technique, potentially ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research suggests use of LE strips to diagnose PJI

Rothman Institute at Jefferson joint researchers continue to seek better ways to diagnose and subsequently treat periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) in patients following total joint arthroplasty. Their latest research shows ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers identify impact of rheumatoid arthritis and lupus on joint replacement surgery outcomes

Two new studies by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery have overturned common beliefs about joint replacement in patients with lupus and rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Nov 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Archive of failed joint replacements provides tips to building a better hip replacement

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. Made possible by what is thought ...

Other created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0