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A new report has revealed wide variation in the speed with which hip operations are performed across the country.According to the Royal College of Surgeons, some hospitals perform 95 per cent of operations for hip fractures within two days, while other...
Published on 02 September 2010
DePuy Orthopaedics has announced the recall of two hip replacement systems amid concerns over their effectiveness.The company, which is part of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies, decided to voluntarily recall the systems after observing a f...
Published on 02 September 2010
Experts have warned patients against visiting foreign clinics that offer unproven stem cell therapies.Scientists are concerned that desperate patients are being swayed by media reports of 'miracle' cures, despite the lack of reliable evidence t...
Published on 01 September 2010
Scientists have identified a protein that may provide a new therapeutic target for both obesity and the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis.A research team at Maine Medical Centre Research Institute in the US found that the protein, called 'Sprouty&...
Published on 01 September 2010
People who suffer from chronic pain may benefit from smoking cannabis, new research suggests.Scientists at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) in Canada studied the effects of inhaled cannabis on 21 people with chronic neuropathic pain, all of w...
Published on 31 August 2010
Scientists have developed a new way to observe the development of osteoarthritis of the knee that may allow doctors to detect the degenerative joint disease in its early stages.Scientists at New York University set out to develop a technique that would...
Published on 31 August 2010
A significant number of people with fibromyalgia may benefit from practicing tai chi, new research suggests.The martial art form involves a combination of meditation and slow, gentle movements, along with relaxation and deep breathing.Previous research...
Published on 26 August 2010
The quality of immediate postoperative care has an important effect on the long-term cardiac health of patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery, new research in the journal Anesthesiology suggests.Researchers at Percy Military Hospital in Clamart, Franc...
Published on 26 August 2010
UK scientists have shown the extent to which vitamin D interacts with our DNA and may influence an individual's risk of developing diseases such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.A research team at the University of Oxford mapped the points at whic...
Published on 25 August 2010
US scientists have identified a genetic variation that appears to increase the risk of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in men from Asia.Lupus is an autoimmune disease that tends to affect women of childbearing age.Faults in an individual's immun...
Published on 25 August 2010