An article in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatism reports that medical care for U.S. osteoarthritis patients costs $185.5 billion a year in 2007, according to a report in the Palm Beach Post.
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El Paso (Texas) Orthopaedic Surgery Group recently celebrated its 70th anniversary, according to a report by El Paso, Inc.
Chris P. Bales, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at OrthoIndy, has joined the medical staff at 58-bed St. Vincent Clay Hospital in Brazil, Ind., according to a report by the Brazil Times.
The first outpatient clinic in the Rochester, N.Y., area for hip and knee arthritis has opened, according to a report by the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
In a survey of surgeons commissioned by the American College of Surgeons, 8.9 percent of respondents said they were concerned they had made a "major medical error" in the past three months, according to an article on the survey in…
The 2,074-page Senate health reform bill, released Nov. 18, proposes a sweeping set of changes in the Medicare program, according to a report in Health Affairs.
Felix H. Cheung, MD, has joined the Holzer Clinic Regional Orthopaedic and Joint Replacement Center in Gallipolis, Ohio, according to a report by the Herald-Dispatch.
David Schlactus, CEO of Willamette (Ore.) Surgery Center and Hope Orthopedics of Oregon in Salem, Ore., set out his concerns with the House and Senate health reform bills in an opinion piece in the Oregonian.
Stryker has initiated a Class 1 recall of 23 Operating Room System II Surgical Navigation Systems, according to a release from Stryker.
Stryker has agreed to buy Ascent Healthcare Solutions, the No. 1 reprocessor of single-use medical devices in the country, according to a release from Stryker.