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• Lawsuits over DePuy Pinnacle Hip Implants in Federal MDL Tops 4,000

  
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  While most of the media attention in recent months involving Johnson & Johnson’s hip replacement business has focused on lawsuits over the recalled DePuy ASR hip implant, recent court documents suggest that the company also faces more than 4,000 lawsuits over the DePuy Pinnacle hip, which features a similar ...
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• Personal stuff

  
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  A couple of years ago my wife was told she needed a hip replacement.  To say it shocked her would be an understatement.  After finally accepting it, she got on Google.  And she did research.  She found there were two types of hip replacement surgeries – a posterior approach and an anterior approach.  She also ...
  2 weeks ago

• Chicago Area Woman Suing Over Defective Hip Replacement

  
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  It was supposed to revolutionize hip replacements. Instead, an artificial hip produced by Stryker Medical Devices caused pain and hardship for scores of patients.
  2 weeks ago

• Waiting for Godot.

  
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  That phantom hip replacement? Postponed again. This is the fifth postponement. Let me just say... ARGHHHH! Had the pre-op physical last Monday. Doc found a heart murmur, ordered an echocardiogram to check it out. I had been told about 40...
  2 weeks ago

• Prevent Secondary Osteoarthritis: Know The Four Risk Factors

  
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  When the doctor notified you that the ailment you are suffering right now is osteoarthritis, you shake your head in disbelief. You are only 45 years old and you wonder how you might have gotten this disease. Only 60-year old people are supposed to have osteoarthritis.  While the older people may be the most ...
  3 weeks ago

• Data regime makes merciless start on NHS privatization

  
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  The NHS medical directors knee-jerk reaction to data on childrens heart surgery in Leeds bodes ill for the wider hospital review he got under way this week. Yet another leak of misleading mortality data - claiming "2,500 needless deaths" at Basildon hospital - blew an unpleasant wind over the NHS Commissioning ...
  3 weeks ago

• Drive-by bullet post.

  
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  April 15 was over a week ago. Whew. I skipped the annual 4/15 party and drove straight back to my bed in WI. Pretty much did not get out of said bed until Sunday. Late Sunday. Saturday was the first...
  3 weeks ago

• Metal-on-Metal Hip Problems May Be Detected with Ultrasound: Study

  
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  According to the findings of new research, ultrasounds could be used as an early detection system for failing metal-on-metal artificial hip systems, helping individuals who are not yet experiencing complications identify potential problems with their hip replacement .   Last week, information on a new study was ...
  4 weeks ago

• Milk and Yogurt Better for Bone Health Than Cream (VIDEO)

  
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• Milk and Yogurt Better for Bone Health Than Cream

  
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  Cream is not as effective as milk or yogurt in promoting bone health and combating osteoporosis.     In the Framingham Offspring Study, 3,212 participants completed a food frequency questionnaire and were followed for hip fracture for 12 years. 2,506 participants had scans to see if they had decreased ...
  4 weeks ago

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