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Artificial Knees and Hips Are not Like Toyotas – No Warranties Given by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Fri 02 Apr 2010 10:34pm of the biggest device makers. The million or so artificial hips and knees implanted each year in the United States, they say, are normally not guaranteed. Instead, the costs... companies and patients. Orthopedic producers may sometimes even profit from the failures because they sell the replacements at full price. The type of artificial hip Read on »

Hip replacement surgery by Dave W Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 18 Feb 2010 12:57am Warwick Radford, a leading UK hip surgeon, has recently written a piece on the variety of hip surgery available, including his “hip tips” on the options for hip replacement. It transpires that there is a plethora of artificial hips out there. In a market that walks on legs of hype, Mr Radford provides valuable, neutral information which should dispel a little Read on »

I said hip hop the hippie the hippie to the hip hip hop you don’t stop by Shawnee Posted Wed 25 Aug 2010 7:02pm Someone give me a fat beat for my sick rhyme… (back up singers in italics) No dairy. No eggs. No meat. (No Meat) No gluten not even no wheat (No Wheat) Did you know when eating gluten free/vegan There’s actually a lot to eat Word Saturday I was alone. All alone, recovering from fever, chills and stomach cramps. I can alr ... Read on »

Consumer Information on: DePuy Orthopaedics Ceramax Ceramic Total Hip System - P070026 by Health & Human Services Posted Fri 14 Jan 2011 12:00am : http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cdrh_docs/pdf7/p070026a.pdf What is it? The Ceramax Ceramic Hip System is a ceramic on ceramic artificial hip replacement system, surgically... allows this artificial hip replacement system to move. When is it used? The Ceramax Ceramic Hip is used in patients who need replacement of a hip joint that is painful or cannot Read on »

Marketing Outlook: Hip Replacements by Dr. Eric R. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Sun 14 Sep 2008 3:35pm , we're seeing two or more replacements of the older artificial hip or knee in a lifetime, Shenkan says." It really is a solid marketing strategy...do an early hip replacement... This CNN Money article outlines Stryker Corp's new strategy and product pipeline to expand the hip replacement market to younger and younger patients. Reminds me Read on »

FDA Approves First Ceramic-on-Metal Total Hip Replacement System by Medline Plus Posted Tue 14 Jun 2011 1:06pm total artificial hip system for patients with osteoarthritis. Hip joints consist of bone in the shape of a ball at the top of the thighbone (femur) that fits into a rounded socket in the pelvis (acetabulum). During total hip replacement surgery, worn and damaged portions of bone and cartilage are removed and replaced with an artificial hip joint Read on »

Metal-on-metal hip replacements beginning to fail far sooner than expected by Dave W Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 18 Mar 2010 8:39am

1 Comment Milan, IL: A new issue emerging around artificial hip replacements is of interest to any patient who has received a metal-on-metal device. A recent editorial...-on-metal devices are used in about one third of all hip replacement surgeries in the US each year, totaling a quarter million annually. The New York Times reports that some Read on »

Grassley Sending More Letters–Zimmer Holdings on Knees/Hips–Why Not DePuy And A Couple Others Too–Same Issues by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Fri 30 Jul 2010 3:27pm Senate Republican is asking the nation’s biggest maker of artificial hips and knees to disclose information about how it handles complaints about possible product flaws from its.... DePuy (Johnson and Johnson) Warning Doctors of High Failure Rates – Hip Product Being Phased Out Zimmer Holdings also had the whistle blower case filed this year. Again Read on »

FDA Requesting Most all Manufacturers of Hip Replacements To Begin Studies On Failure Rates by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Wed 11 May 2011 12:44am producers of a popular category of artificial hip to undertake studies of the implants, which have been linked to high early failure rates and severe health effects in some patients... with the DePuy division of Johnson & Johnson, other major producers of hip implants include Zimmer, Stryker, Biomet and Wright Medical. Read on »

Hunt: How I Got My New Hip by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 27 Jan 2009 5:06pm Allison Hunt explains what she had to do to get her new artificial hip in the Canadian medical system: A few interesting points: (1) Her waiting time for the initial appointment to see the orthopedic surgeon was 10 months. Then her waiting time for the surgery itself would have been another 18 months had she not taken matters into her Read on »