Large head metal-on-metal cementless total hip arthroplasty versus 28mm metal-on-polyethylene cementless total hip arthroplasty: design of a randomized controlled trial
Background:
Osteoarthritis of the hip is successfully treated by total hip arthroplasty with metal-on-polyethylene articulation. Polyethylene wear debris can however lead to osteolysis, aseptic loosening and failure of the implant. Large head metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty may [...]

As lawmakers appeared to reach a tentative deal on a Treasury rescue proposal for troubled assets, Steve Quinn, associate professor of economics at Texas Christian University in guest post for Real Time Economics, looks back at Britain’s experience in the 18th century to offer an alternative plan.
The current financial crisis began with the idea that [...]

As lawmakers appeared to reach a tentative deal on a Treasury rescue proposal for troubled assets, Steve Quinn, associate professor of economics at Texas Christian University in guest post for Real Time Economics, looks back at Britain’s experience in the 18th century to offer an alternative plan.
The current financial crisis began with the idea that [...]

When I ran into Steve Schwarzman at a charity dinner last month, I asked him whether his private-equity firm, Blackstone Group, was planning any “Richistan” plays–betting, for example, on the burgeoning demand for megayachts.
“The trouble with yachts,” he said, “is that when business is good, it’s really good. But when it falls, it really crashes.”

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Recliners made by the Dongguan-based company Linkwise are causing cases of eczema, stinging allergic rashes and infections among French customers who bought them. The problems were traced to the use of the chemical, dimethyl fumarate, which is used to prevent mould and fungus on the chairs.
The French distributor Conforama has since severed its business ties [...]

In a previous post entitled United Kingdom franchise media: What soap?, I took exception with an article that appeared in the Eastern Daily Press called Flourishing franchises buck trend.
It riled me so much that I fired off an email questioning the credibility of the sources (franchise banker, British Franchise Association, consultant/salesman, etc.).
Perpetuating the falsehood (franchises [...]

I was born in 1959 on a Royal Canadian Air Force station, CFB Sennetiere, Quebec where my dad was stationed. He was a Chief Warrant Officer and made 22 Atlantic ocean crossings during WWII. They gave him an Atlantic Star.
I guess it is unusual for a non-commissioned air force officer to be given a navy [...]

UK journalists are still a lapdog when it comes to franchising.
Whenever I read the regurgitated franchisor press releases routed through the Kiwi-based Franchise-Chat.com, I want to retch. You seldom see such drivel ever making it past any self-respecting business editor in North America.

Kudos to the Oz and NZ rodeo clowns for wising your media to [...]

The latest New Zealand Herald article on Blue Chip by Maria Slade [Immigrant banker put $1.7m in Blue Chip] is interesting for at least three reasons.
One, it points to a specific truth about fraud: all levels of class, education, access to financial counselling and sophistication are vulnerable:

2,000 mostly seniors living on a fixed income and [...]