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Possible Increased Risk Of Fractures Of The Hip, Wrist, And Spine With The Use Of Proton Pump Inhibitors by Ed H. Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted Tue 25 May 2010 6:02pm safety information about a possible increased risk of fractures of the hip, wrist, and spine with the use of these medications. Proton pump inhibitors work by reducing the amount...) for the treatment of frequent heartburn. The new safety information is based on FDA’s review of several epidemiological studies that reported an increased risk of fractures of the hip Read on »

London’s Leading Hip Surgeon advises on Latest Hip Surgery Procedures by Dave W Healthy Living Professional

Posted Mon 04 Jan 2010 2:14am What’s Hip and What’s Hype? Hip Surgery is big business with over 200 manufacturers of different types of hip replacement. So what works, what doesn’t and what.... What is resurfacing? 5. Is resurfacing better than total hip replacement? 6. What is the latest on keyhole or minimally invasive surgery? 7. Can computers aid the surgeon? 8 Read on »

Kaiser Permanente Registry Information Pays Off With Hip and Knee Replacements For Patient Having Double Hip Surgery (Video) by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Sat 15 Jan 2011 3:46pm Here’s a story from a patient who had double hip replacement surgery at the Kaiser facility in Irvine, California. I have mentioned before the registry of valuable....” A Kaiser Permanente study of 85,000 hip and knee surgeries found that a national registry of common joint replacement devices would improve patient outcomes and create clinical Read on »

Wesley's hip surgery is scheduled by meredith Patient Expert

Posted Thu 17 Feb 2011 11:30am April 5th is the day. Sooner than I was thinking, but it will be good to hopefully have him in the full casts while it's still a little cooler here. I don't imagine he'd take well to 100 degrees in the Spica casts! Now to plan life around that :) Read on »

Home Care After Hip Surgery May Aid Survival by Medline Plus Posted Mon 16 Aug 2010 9:00am MONDAY, Aug. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Providing home care to elderly people after they've had hip surgery improves their chances of survival, finds a new study. Canadian researchers looked at 11,326 men and women age 65 and older in Quebec who had partial hip surgery between 1997 and 2004. Those who received home care after leaving the hospital were 43 Read on »

A-Rod to have hip surgery Monday by Eli .. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 08 Mar 2009 3:02pm Alex Rodriguez will have surgery on his torn right hip labrum tomorrow and is expected to be sidelined roughly two months. Rodriguez will take a so-called "hybrid" approach to repairing the injury, undergoing a limited procedure Monday and then another surgery at season's end to repair what remains of the issue. Rehab will take six to nine weeks, depending Read on »

Esmail: "'Too Old' for Hip Surgery" by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted Thu 19 Feb 2009 5:28pm The February 9, 2009 Wall Street Journal has published an OpEd by Nadeem Esmail warning of the health care rationing we'll be facing if we continue on our current course towards nationalized health care. Here is an excerpt: 'Too Old' for Hip Surgery President Obama and Congressional Democrats are inching the U.S. toward government-run health Read on »

total hip surgery & infection links by Foxes Posted Sun 10 May 2009 8:07am This Blog post was in response to a question.... "I popped out of socket after hip surgery. I now have pain in the hip joint. Posted by oldjock Could the pain... replacement... http://www.hipsandknees.com/hip/hipcare.htm Hip revision surgery..more complicated... http://www.hipsandknees.com/hip/revisionhipsurgery.htm Complications Read on »

Arthroscopic Hip Surgery May Help Athletes Get Back to Play by Medline Plus Posted Thu 15 Jul 2010 1:00pm THURSDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) -- The use of minimally invasive "arthroscopic" surgery to treat painful disorders of the hip offers athletes who undergo the procedure a good shot... orthopedic surgeon and co-director of the Center for Hip Pain and Preservation at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, explained in a hospital news release Read on »

Study IDs Risk Factors for Blood Clots After Hip Surgery by Medline Plus Posted Tue 21 Sep 2010 11:00am TUESDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified risk factors for the development of potentially fatal blood clots following total hip replacement surgery. A Danish team reviewed the records of more than 67,000 patients who underwent total hip replacement over a 10-year period. They found that about 1 percent of patients developed Read on »