Ceramic coatings on devices such as this drug-eluting stent equip metal materials with ceramic properties. Though the term ceramics may induce flashbacks of arts and crafts at summer camp, the ...

CHICAGO - Indiana resident Luke Pascale runs two pizza restaurants and had worked out three times a week. He also enjoyed long bike rides with his wife, but last year, the pain in his hip became so ...

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 ...

The quest to enhance the longevity and performance of total hip arthroplasty (THA) has driven considerable interest in ceramic bearing surfaces. Modern ceramics, notably alumina and zirconia ...

When it comes to arthritis in the hip joint, patients no longer have to grin and bear it. Instead, hip implants replace damaged natural bearing surfaces with artificial ones in order to alleviate pain ...