"She Can Do It!"
March 06, 2008 10:26 ET
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AAOS
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - March 6, 2008) - Today more than 90 percent of orthopaedic
surgeons are men. This is a startling statistic given these facts: The
number of women orthopaedic...
X-Why? The Gender Implant
March 06, 2008 10:23 ET
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AAOS
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - March 6, 2008) - It has been heavily researched that men
and women are in fact, anatomically different. But are they so different
they require special and customized...
AAOS Celebrates Diamond Jubilee
March 06, 2008 10:18 ET
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AAOS
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - March 6, 2008) - Seventy-Five years ago on an ordinary
January day in 1933, a small group of orthopaedic surgeons gathered to
form, what is known today as, the...
Broken Shoulder: No Laughing Matter
March 06, 2008 10:06 ET
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AAOS
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - March 6, 2008) - Older women who suffer a proximal humerus
fracture (sometimes known as a broken shoulder) have a high risk for
also breaking a hip within a year...
Hitting the Links May Stress Out New Knees
March 06, 2008 10:04 ET
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AAOS
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - March 6, 2008) - Until now, the impact of some
recreational activities has been hard to judge when it comes to protecting
artificial knee replacements. A study...
Bringing Clinical Findings to the Practice of Medicine
March 05, 2008 16:15 ET
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AAOS
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - March 5, 2008) - Today, at the 75th Annual Meeting of the
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
(AAOS), the Kappa Delta Sorority and the Orthopaedic Research and...
Exhibit Showcases Artworks Inspired by Pain and Healing
March 05, 2008 15:45 ET
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AAOS
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - March 5, 2008) - Intense feelings echo through a unique
international exhibition of art created by orthopaedic surgeons and
patients. "eMotion Pictures: An Exhibition...
The 21st Century Triple Play
March 05, 2008 14:45 ET
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AAOS
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - March 5, 2008) - The use of stem cells may
have the power to transform orthopaedic surgery now and in the future.
These "undifferentiated, unspecialized cells"...
Sex Matters From Sports to Life, Gender Really Makes a Difference in Musculoskeletal Health
March 05, 2008 14:00 ET
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AAOS
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - March 5, 2008) - We know men and women are different on
the outside, but the differences on the inside are astronomical, as well.
Today, orthopaedic surgeons are...
Iraq and Afghanistan: Orthopaedic Surgeons Fighting the Fight Off the Battlefield
March 05, 2008 13:14 ET
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AAOS
SAN FRANCISCO--(Marketwire - March 5, 2008) - The 'signature' wounds encountered in the
on-going wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are musculoskeletal in nature.
"Modern war produces devastating high...