Tens of thousands of Brits face having their hip and knee operations cancelled due to a global shortage of bone cement.
Around 1,000 operations a week rely on the product as patients are warned delays are inevitable.
Campaigners say the news is a ‘crushing blow’ to patients waiting for surgeries ...
Your hip joints are ball-and-socket joints positioned where your thigh bone meets your pelvis. The hip joint is involved in many types of movement. It is also one of the largest joints in the body, ...
Researchers at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) have made a great leap toward predicting the risk of hip fracture among people with osteoporosis and evaluating the effectiveness of specific drugs to ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Piers Morgan broke his hip last weekend, requiring a full hip replacement One in five men over the age of 50 will suffer a ...
Diabetes is responsible for a host of well-known complications including kidney problems, eyesight loss, and nerve damage. But clinicians and patients may be less aware that the disease also poses a ...
Bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) is a common treatment for joint injuries. The invasive therapy involves extracting bone marrow—often from the hip—and concentrating it to preserve stem cells ...