Hip replacement reduces heart failure, depression and diabetes risk

In addition to improving life quality and diminishing pain, total hip replacement is associated with reduced mortality, heart failure, depression and diabetes rates in Medicare patients with osteoarthritis, according to a new study presented today at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/aao...