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18 hrs ago | Austin American-Statesman

Dugan: The danger in medical tourism

At a luxury hotel conference center in Los Angeles recently, "international hospitals" from Singapore to South America set up half an acre of colorful display booths in an attempt to attract more business from U.S. insurers and employers.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Cancer, Health Insurance, Opinion

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Owatonna People's Press

Seniors stay active with exercise program

If you think that a hip replacement, a knee replacement or a rod through one leg is an obstacle to exercise, guess again.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Owatonna, MN

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Miami.com

Medical tourism: Outsourcing your health

At a luxury hotel conference center in Los Angeles last week, ``international hospitals'' from Singapore to South America set up half an acre of colorful display booths in an attempt to attract more business from American insurers and employers.

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Related Topix: Outsourcing, Medicine, Health, Opinion

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Daily Mail

Why eating avocados can help your new hip last longer

A vitamin found in avocados could transform hip replacement surgery, enabling one replacement to last a lifetime.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Avocado, Health, Arthritis

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Free Republic

Stimulus money buys hot meals for seniors

A month ago, Almeta Whitsett was on the waiting list for Mobile Meals. With two hip replacements and a husband with Alzheimer's, the 84-year-old Greensboro woman was finding it harder to cook.

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Related Topix: Whitsett, NC, Medicine, Health

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Mountain Xpress

Playing dress up

Here it is, the eve of Hallows Eve, and you don't have a thing to wear. But never fear, your friendly neighborhood vintage and costume shops are rife with possibilities - and not just your typical witch hats, vampire fangs and fairy wings, either.

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Related Topix: Asheville Metro, Asheville, NC, Life, Holidays, Halloween, Medicine, Health

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Sunderland Echo

Waiting cut for hip ops

WAITING times for hip replacements in Sunderland have been slashed to their lowest ever level, according to latest figures.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Fri Oct 23, 2009

The Conscience of a Liberal

Hip, hip, no way

Steve Benen gets exercised over a new appearance of a zombie lie in the health care debate - the totally false claim that Canadian health care won't pay for hip replacements for the elderly.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Family, Elderly

Thu Oct 22, 2009

The Washington Monthly

Permalink

THOSE CANADIAN HIP REPLACEMENTS.... Long-time regulars may know I have quite a few "conversation enders." These are comments that lead you to know, the moment you hear them, that the writer/speaker is either clueless or intellectually dishonest, and there's really no reason to engage the person in a serious dialog.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Todd Akin, Roy Blunt

Thu Oct 15, 2009

MyFoxDC

Woman Finds Unexpected Kidney Donor

Getting a kidney transplant can take years and many never live to find a donor, but a young Bowie woman no longer has to wait.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Dentistry

Tue Oct 13, 2009

Advance For Physical Therapists

Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement on ADVANCE for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants

Orthopedic surgeons perform 300,000 hip replacements annually in the United States.

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Related Topix: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Medicine, Health, Surgery, Arthritis

MyCentralJersey.com

Somerset Medical Center Receives National Quality Award

Somerset Medical Center is ranked among the top ten percent of hospitals nationally for joint replacement surgery such as total knee and total hip replacements, according to a study released today by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization.

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Related Topix: Middlesex Metro, Medicine, Surgery, Health, New Jersey, Nursing

Mon Oct 12, 2009

The West Australian

More Aussies get hip, knee replacements

More Australians are stepping out on replacement knees or hips, with a record 72,007 of the operations performed last year.

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Related Topix: Knee Replacement, Medicine, Health, Orthopaedic Surgery

Tue Oct 06, 2009

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Teen hopes surgery will correct football injury

Chauncey Person just wants to be normal again. Thanks to a football injury, the 13-year-old South Girard student leans to one side when standing, and when he walks it appears one leg is shorter than the other.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Surgery, Phenix City, AL, Health

Fri Oct 02, 2009

Globe and Mail

Hey kids, start planning for your 100th birthday

Anna Mehler Paperny From Friday's Globe and Mail Last updated on Friday, Oct. 02, 2009 02:48AM EDT T he pudgy-cheeked baby in your arms and the snot-nosed infant making a racket on the subway should start making plans for triple-digit birthday celebrations: Chances are Canadian babies born in this century will live to see the year 2100 and beyond.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Medicine, Health, Palliative Care

Wed Sep 30, 2009

Redlands Daily Facts

Redlands surgical distributor saves hospitals money

A Redlands business says it is saving three local hospitals more than $1 million a year.

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Related Topix: Redlands, CA, Medicine, Health

Fri Sep 25, 2009

Telegraph Herald

Y offers 'hip' idea for hip patients

Karen Knox works with Don Wiederholt on an aqua bike Wednesday at the Dubuque Community Y. Knox, who is involved in a study that focuses on exercise for hip-replacement patients, leads several classes per week on the bikes, which are designed to help people exercise who are not able to ride a bike under normal circumstances.

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Related Topix: Dubuque, IA, Medicine, Health

Thu Sep 24, 2009

The Enquirer

Surgeon introduces unique alternative to total hip replacement at CHC

Richard Hartman, D.O. of the Family Practice and Orthopedic Care Center in Coldwater, Michigan is among the first surgeons in this country who have been trained in the remarkable new Birmingham Hip Resurfacing technique.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Surgery, Health, Coldwater, MI, Arthritis

Wed Sep 23, 2009

Fox News

FOX Forum

As we get wealthier, why should Americans avoid spending more on bigger houses or nicer cars or better health care? Why not be happy that we can now afford hip replacements in old age and diagnose cancer earlier? "Then there's the problem of rising costs.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Opinion

Mon Sep 21, 2009

Times Online

NHS pays for bungled work at private centres

People having hip replacements at private treatment centres brought in to cut waiting times are up to 20 times more likely to need painful and expensive repair work.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery

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