Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
Gabbrielle McGlothan, 45, of Schenectady is among younger, more active patients with hip pain who have opted for hip "resurfacing," a type of hip replacement that replaces the arthritic surface of the joint but removes far less bone than traditional total hip replacement....
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