She also had a history of hip problems. Twenty years before, she had a hip replacement that stemmed from an injury she sustained in a car crash ten years before that. While more than 90 percent of hip ...

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a device safety alert on Profemur cobalt chrome (CoCr) modular neck hip replacements. The agency warned of significantly ...

Thousands of Britons who have had hip replacements have been warned that there is a risk that their implant could malfunction. An investigation by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory ...

Thousands of hip replacement patients may be at risk of metal poisoning due to hidden wear and tear of the implants used, campaigners have warned. Issues stem from a type of 'flexible' prosthesis used ...

Because it’s cheaper. Everything is a race to the bottom. In my industry we are using terrible base metal alloys instead of gold. First we discover a treatment and we use the most premium and ideal ...