The injuries to patients from defective all-metal artificial hips are beginning to be understood in terms of dollars and cents. The New York Times reports the most widespread medical device failure in decades involves metal hips that have a high failure rate and leave patients thousands of dollars in debt and will cost Medicare, taxpayers, and insurers billions in the coming years. The Times reports on one patient [...]
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Costs Mount on Artificial Hip Injuries
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California Baseball League Bans Metal Bats
A 16-year-old pitcher playing for the Marin County Athletic League in California was hit by a line drive and suffered a brain injury. According to this article, the League is now banning the use metal bats at high school games. They will require its 10 teams to use wooden bats.
The article reported that advocates of the ban believe that metal bats allow the players to hit the ball harder, reducing a player’s rea [...]
Posted in: Brain Injuries
