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Maker Drops Hip Device, Then Warns of Failures
New York Times - March 10th, 2010
A unit of Johnson & Johnson, just months after saying it was phasing out an artificial hip implant because of slowing sales, has warned doctors that the device appears to have a high early failure rate in some patients. The action by the company, DePuy Orthopaedics, follows more than two years of reports that the hip implant, which is known as the ASR, was failing in patients only a few years after implant, requiring costly and painful replacement operations. Continue Reading
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Galesville woman receives total ankle replacementMarch 10th, 2010 - La Crosse Tribune
Mar. 10, 2010 (McClatchy-Tribune Regional News delivered by Newstex) -- Roxanne Smothers wasn't physically active for 28 years until she had her left foot rebuilt and received her new "bionic" ankle.
Since her total ankle replacement surgery in 2009, the 50-year-old Galesville woman has completed a triathlon and a 2,500-mile motorcycle trek. She also has been snowshoeing and horseback riding in Canada.- Get the whole picture before a CT; doctors, patients should weigh risks vs. rewards of medical imaging
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March 9th, 2010 - The Orlando Sentinel - Optometry debate moves to House floor
March 9th, 2010 - The Dominion Post - Hospitals find need for new equipment to adapt to obesity trend
March 9th, 2010 - Billings Gazette - CT scans may pose cancer risk, new research indicates: Doctors, patients should weigh risks vs. rewards of medical imaging
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