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The New York Times has reported that there is an alarming number of failure rates for hip replacement devices.
According to the report (based on a study done in England) the highest failure rates involved the Articular Surface Replacement device.
Although this device was recalled, this all-metal artificial hip once sold by Johnson & Johnson completely failed in an estimated one-third of patients.
According to the Times, here in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration received more reports about problems with the all-metal hips in the first four months of 2011 than it had in the previous four years combined.
Consequently, the F.D.A. has ordered the producers of the devices to study how frequently they were failing and to examine the health implications for patients.
According to the report, the highest failure rates involved the Johnson & Johnson device, which is known as the Articular Surface Replacement, or the A.S.R.
