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The Cost of Joint Replacement

Speaking as someone with deteriorating joints (quickly in the case of my knees) and living through watching my mother’s joints deteriorate, the science (and business) of joint rehabilitation and/or the cost of a joint replacement is a topic very near and dear to my heart. Ted.com does another very interesting (shorter) talk about this affliction that will hit many more folks than Cancer will and may end up costing the medical industry a great deal more in the long run (with more people living longer but being immobile because of issues with joint deterioration (or the catch-all phrase Arthritis for now)).

The science of replacement of Hips and Knees are now pretty straightforward, but what about shoulders, ankles, and even more interestingly, lumbar work (specifically the spinal column), what can be done there?

When you are in your 80’s, will you be able to walk to the corner store?


Arthritis and injury grind down millions of joints, but few get the best remedy — real biological tissue. Kevin Stone shows a treatment that could sidestep the high costs and donor shortfall of human-to-human transplants with a novel use of animal tissue.

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