Tag: hip implant

Transportation by plane is considered to be a fast and efficient way to travel by most people. However, when one has a metal implant inside the body, it may get a little tricky. In a single year alone there are thousands of men and women who go throu

DePuy Orthopaedics, a unit of Johnson and Johnson, manufactured two of its hip replacement to cater to the needs of those people suffering from unbearable joint pains on the hip, medical experts say. Nowadays, not only aging people are suffering from

DePuy Orthopedics, a unit of Johnson and Johnson, in 2010 made a voluntarily recall on its hip replacement devices after receiving thousands of complains for being defective, experts says. At present, DePuy Orthopedics is facing about 8,000 lawsuits

The fear of the unknown may move hip-pain-afflicted patients to avoid or postpone their scheduled hip replacement operation, health care providers observe. Pain in the hips may drive a person to the wall when their distress is not easily relieved by

Metal-on-metal hip implants, which have been a subject of controversy lately due to high failure rates and other medical problems, were not linked to cancer, according to a study conducted by researchers from University of Bristol, University of Exet

Osteoarthritis is one of the most common reasons for which a person experience a chronic pain and disability and for which he may compel himself to undergo hip replacement, medical experts say. Hip replacement by DePuy Orthopeadic, a unit of Johnson

The failure of metal hip implants has taken patients by surprise because they were led to believe that with an all-metal design the device may last longer, news reports say. The failure of these devices may be caused by a number of different factors.

The popularity of triathlon as a sport is rising in every part of the world. One might read news online about thousands of people joining several local and international triathlon races either for fame or a way to keep themselves fit, medical experts

Many people may wonder how and why they are stricken with the debilitating disease of osteoarthritis, medical experts say. Every year the number of men and women suffering from the disease continues to rise. Medical science has yet to come up yet wit

Diseases may be prevented with proper information on its causes and risks factors, medical experts believe, affirming that there are certain illness that have unknown causes. Although there are many kinds of arthritis and some of them are preventable