Hip replacement surgery replaces part of the hip joint called the ball-and-socket with artificial materials. Metal, plastic, and ceramic can all be used to replace the hip joint. Ceramic is a ...

A new type of artificial hip, more robust and longer lasting than conventional artificial joints, is to undergo clinical trials and could be available for patients within five years. These 'ceramic-on ...

ECATUR - Jennifer Overfield has ditched her state parking placard, which identified her as disabled. She now parks on the far side of parking lots. Overfield, 53, had her second hip replaced with ...

Hip implants with a delta ceramic or oxidized zirconium head and highly crosslinked polyethylene liner or cup had the lowest risk of revision during the 15 years after surgery, a new study has found.

Hip replacement surgery, or hip arthroplasty, is a common procedure that can improve mobility and decrease pain in a hip joint that’s no longer functioning properly. The American College of ...

TONICA, Ill. (AP) David Nagel was determined to play through his bad hip and push his sunken bowling average back into the 180s. But the 55-year-old Tonica man had underestimated the arthritis that ...

During your initial knee or hip replacement surgery, the prosthetic (artificial) components were either cemented (attached with bone cement) or hammered into the bone so they could eventually attach ...

Around 117,000 people living in England and Wales had a hip replacement in 2024. Although hip replacements are often thought of as a surgery that mainly older people need, reports from previous years ...

Paulina Porizkova is getting double hip replacement surgery. The model, 58, took to Instagram this week to tell fans that the procedure is "long overdue." "It turns out I was born with congenital hip ...

Mark Wilkinson receives funding from Arthritis UK, Medical Research Council, UKRI, and the Health Quality Improvement Partnership. Around 117,000 people living in England and Wales had a hip ...