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• Partial Knee Replacement: A Growing Alternative For Younger, Active People
  May 7, 2008 - As an avid golfer and hiker, Richard Shippee was not ready to give up his active lifestyle because of knee pain. After learning about a new partial knee resurfacing procedure, Mr. Shippee realized he didn’t have to put down his golf clubs just yet....
  
  
• New Sports Performance Center: Helping Clients Achieve Their Personal Best Following Injury
  April 25, 2008 - While the goal of sports rehabilitation is to restore function and mobility, relieve pain and prevent or limit physical disabilities, the goal of sports performance is to help clients reach ultimate performance levels while reducing the risk of sport-related injury....
  
  
• Hospital for Special Surgery Ranked No. 1 by U.S.News & World Report
  July 13, 2007 - Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) has been named the top hospital in the nation in orthopedics by U.S.News & World Report in its 2007 "America's Best Hospitals" survey. Hospital for Special Surgery also ranked third in the nation for rheumatology. For the 17th consecutive year, HSS has ranked above all other hospitals in the Northeast in orthopedics and rheumatology....
  
  

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• Making Weekend Warriors Worthier, Fitness Fanatics Fitter
  May 12, 2008 - After Alana Burns went through seven surgeries to repair a persistent knee injury, doctors told the 33-year-old to give up running if she wanted to avoid further injury. The former college basketball player for Michigan State University said she was devastated....
  
  
• Accepting the Costs of a Life in Football
  May 12, 2008 - After his playing career with the Cincinnati Bengals ended, Reggie Williams worked in the World League of American Football and later the NFL, setting up a Youth Education Town in each Super Bowl city. Then he ran the sports complex at Disney World until his knees began to erode, as joints do among aging athletes....
  
  
• A medical mystery: Artificial hips that squeak
  May 11, 2008 - As those three patients - and hundreds of others - discovered once they pinpointed the source of the noise, they had become guinea pigs in an unfolding medical mystery. Their artificial hips are made of ceramic materials that were promoted as being much more durable than older models. But for reasons not yet fully understood, their hips started to squeak, raising questions about whether the noises herald more serious malfunctions....