Hip Replacement News

I have read the follow up comments about nationalized health care with interest.

Washington, D.C. - infoZine - A new report issued by the New York Department of Health provides a hospital-by-hospital accounting of how many patients are getting sick from certain infections acquired during treatment throughout the state.

NEW YORK, June 30 NY-HospSpecialSurgery NEW YORK , /PRNewswire/ -- A new report on infection rates from the New York State Department of Health singles out Hospital for Special Surgery as the only hospital in New York State with a statistically lower rate of surgical site infection compared to the state average for hip replacement/revision surgery.

Greetings. I've just finished -- courtesy of CNN -- hearing the wife of recently deceased 50-year-old TV pitchman Bill Mays sobbing in anguish as she spoke to a 911 operator.

A MOTORCYCLIST is celebrating overcoming years of pain and two hip replacements - by journeying from the top of the world to the bottom for charity.

York-based Dentsply International held a ribbon cutting Tuesday on an industrial milling service that helps make prosthetics for dental patients out of a nonmetal material.

Greg Mankiw writes : The next time you hear someone cavalierly point to international comparisons in life expectancy as evidence against the U.S. healthcare system, you should be ready to explain how schlocky that argument really is.

The Wait Time Alliance has given Saskatchewan a C grade for meeting hip replacement surgery benchmarks and an F for knee replacements.

Todd Swanson, Las Vegas completes squeaky ceramic-on-ceramic hip replacement study and presents results at 2009 AAOS Annual Meeting.

The development of predetermined clinical pathways for treatment of common diseases and injuries has become more popular at Central Ohio hospitals in an effort to create efficiencies and reduce costs.

The Arizona Republic reports that many Amricans are traveling abroad to get hip replacements and other medical care.

Sat, Jun 13, 2009 More than 1 million knee and hip replacements occur in the U.S. each year, but not all of them are successes.

Zimmer Holdings Inc. slashed more than 100 jobs from its Kosciusko County operation this week, a company spokesman said Friday.

Main Category: Blood / Hematology Also Included In: Arthritis / Rheumatology Article Date: 05 Jun 2009 Metal-on-metal hip replacement and resurfacing have become the most commonly used type of procedure in the United Kingdom for patients who are < 60 years of age with osteoarthritis.

Halifax - The Canadina Press, Thursday, Jun. 04, 2009 07:36PM EDT T he median number of days New Brunswickers wait for surgery has dropped by 23 per cent in the past year, Health Minister Mike Murphy said Thursday.

To friends of my mom and assorted aunts: I wish you wouldn't have friended me on Facebook.

Ever wonder how much it costs to have bypass surgery or any other type of surgery for that matter? In an effort to keep Californians informed, state officials have launched a new online tool that allows consumers to compare the cost of procedures such as heart valve replacements, C-section deliveries, gall bladder removal, hysterectomies and total ...

Esther and Larry Winckler at their Cultus Lake home in 1998. The husband and wife both died at Chilliwack Hospital, three years apart with very different experiences.

Sedgwick County is considering becoming a developer of an industrial park. The county is limiting itself to deals described as a "home run," meaning a company that plans to hire more than 1,000 workers.

Hip implants are just not the same anymore-- and that's good news, because they're lasting longer.