"When New Hips Go Bad"- front page of the business section ..WHOA
First off this is just another excuse for me to get on top of my soap box and talk about how overpaid and over trusted doctors and nurses are. They are supposed to be the experts, the people that as they cut into our bodies or pump things into our system via IVs know exactly what they are doing.
Yet here we are with a story that seems to be highlighting a frequented occurrence: implants gone array. A man who went in for surgery to help with his hip problems came out with a "metal on metal" implant that is shedding debris in his body.
I don't know about you but I know countless people that have some type of metal in them from surgeries much like this one and in addition to being held up in security check points after setting off the high pitched metal detectors they have all had complications due to the metal or screws being in their bodies.
Is there an alternative? Is there research being done to find one? I hope so because it seems to be a ridiculous problem to have considering we are in an age of great medical and technological advancement.
Are we robots or humans?
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