Archive for July, 2008
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Studies find that patients who care for themselves, save money in the long run. Total hip replacements are beneficial and economical for seniors with osteoarthritis, regardless of their age.
The published studies of the Geriatrics Society, found those who had the surgery were twice as likely as those who didn't to ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
We left Beijing and the fabulous Olympic Village yesterday morning and flew two hours south to a city of seven million lying on the east China Sea , Wenzhou. It is a Jingjang city beyond belief as an industrial power in a state of modernization with a mixture of the ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench came to Pineville not to share the moments that defined his 17-year career with the Cincinnati Reds, but the moment that helped him get on with life.
Bench spoke to about 100 people at the Pineville Convention Center Tuesday night about receiving a hip ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Two recent events got me thinking. The first was the news of Senator Kennedy’s diagnosis of brain tumor and its early treatment. Of course, the pundits already have him dead and buried, while the academic institutions vie for the opportunity to serve him…and themselves. The second was the CINN Foundation ...
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Yesterday I gave 80 hours of instructional lectures to several hundred orthopedic surgeons at the Jui Shui Tan second annual orthopedic meeting. I would show a powerpoint slide and make my statements while the Chinese interpreter repeated in Chinese. While we call it Chinese it is mandarin. All Chinese are ...
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Senator Ted Kennedy’s shocking news gives us all pause. Even though I deal with news like his on a daily basis, the enormity of the national response has caused me to reflect on the less appreciated facts of his case. While glioblastoma (GBM) carries a terrible statistical prognosis, especially in ...
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