Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Data in a few recent international joint replacement registers show an increase in the use of large-head ceramic ...

TONICA, Ill. (AP) David Nagel was determined to play through his bad hip and push his sunken bowling average back into the 180s. But the 55-year-old Tonica man had underestimated the arthritis that ...

CHICAGO - Indiana resident Luke Pascale runs two pizza restaurants and had worked out three times a week. He also enjoyed long bike rides with his wife, but last year, the pain in his hip became so ...

ECATUR - Jennifer Overfield has ditched her state parking placard, which identified her as disabled. She now parks on the far side of parking lots. Overfield, 53, had her second hip replaced with ...

Ceramic materials are good candidates for medical implants thanks to stellar biocompatibility and resistance to wear. Alumina, zirconia, and other ceramics have successfully withstood the harsh ...

When it comes to arthritis in the hip joint, patients no longer have to grin and bear it. Instead, hip implants replace damaged natural bearing surfaces with artificial ones in order to alleviate pain ...

Months after getting a ceramic hip replacement, some patients may be startled to find their artificial joint starts squeaking. Not everyone who gets a ceramic fitting will end up getting one that ...

A new type of artificial hip, more robust and longer lasting than conventional artificial joints, is to undergo clinical trials and could be available for patients within five years. These 'ceramic-on ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Early clinical and laboratory test results of ceramic-on-metal hip replacements demonstrated decreased wear and ...