May 5, 2017 | In the News
Health insurers Anthem and Cigna Corp. failed in their appeal to merge again this week. According to Modern Healthcare, “The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld a lower court ruling from February that blocked the two insurers from merging on grounds that...
Apr 28, 2017 | In the News
The New York Times covered recent studies on the benefit of patients rehabilitating at home as opposed to in-patient rehabilitation centers. “It may surprise many to learn that, even if joint replacement patients live alone, the overwhelming majority recover equally...
Apr 21, 2017 | In the News, Research
The Bournemouth University Orthopaedic Research Institute in the United Kingdom is heading up a surgical robotics study that will explore the idea of performing hip replacement surgery in space. According to the Daily Echo, orthopaedic surgeon Robert Middleton intends...
Apr 14, 2017 | In the News
The May issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance features the article, “Boomers Go Bionic,” that goes in depth into the history of hip and knee arthroplasty, the TJR process, the latest advancements, symptoms, outcomes and cost. The author, a bi-lateral TKR patient...
Apr 7, 2017 | In the News
British actor and comedian, John Cleese, announced recently that he had his second hip replacement surgery. After Tweeting that he was walking around Los Angeles a week later, Cleese expressed gratitude to his surgeon. Predictably, comments about “The Ministry of...
Mar 31, 2017 | In the News
The CBC/Radio-Canada News reports that despite wait times for total joint replacement in Nova Scotia improving since 2012, the wait times are still below the national average. The Canadian Institute for Health Information released their wait time report this week....
