Patient s perception of hip resurfacing
At a paper presented at the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, at Dallas, Texas, a study from the Mayo Clinic asked patient...

Treatment of Hip Fractures
There is traditionally been a standard of care for a displaced femoral neck fracture that involves a partial replacement of the hip. Th...

Educational Games: Virtual Hip and Knee Replacement
Virtual Hip Replacement: Take on the role of the Surgeon throughout a hip replacement surgery! Virtual Knee SurgeryThe animations, cre...

Female physicians and the Canadian doctor shortage
Pretty harsh outlook from Macleans:Female doctors commit fewer hours and fewer years to the medical system than males, and family dutie...

Large femoral heads decrease the risk of dislocation in total hip replacement.
At a paper presented at the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, which I co-authored with Dr. Dowd, Dr. Kindsfater, and Dr. D...

Voluven : Approved by the FDA for Treatment of Serious Blood Volume Loss, Post-Surgery
The FDA has recently approved Voluven for the treatment of serious blood volume loss following surgery.Significant blood losses can c...

All of the Hospital, None of the Paper
By now, we were all supposed to be working in the paperless office. One glance at the Health Blog s desk shows it ain t so.But the ...

Physician Profiling
It's official. Doctors are being discriminated against.We're being profiled.By our own AMA.Buffalo (NY) physician Nancy Nielsen of the...

Help Loved Ones Beat the Holiday Blues
The American Geriatrics Society wants us to know that the elderly are particularly vulnerable to holiday blues at this time of year. P...