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  • "Metal-on-metal" hip parts were supposed to wear better than plastic, but their use is declining due to concerns that they can release metal ions into patients' bloodstreams and cause soft-tissue damage.

    Pushing Limits of New Knees Melinda Beck 2011

  • An oncologist suspected this "suspicious mass" was a soft-tissue sarcoma.

    McKay Jenkins, Ph.D.: Protecting Ourselves From An Invisible Danger: Environmental Toxins Ph.D. McKay Jenkins 2011

  • Synovis develops, manufactures and markets medical devices used primarily in surgical procedures for soft-tissue repair, including its Peri-Strips, as well as orthopedic and wound-management products.

    Baxter to Buy Synovis for $325 Million Tess Stynes 2011

  • Other popular noninvasive procedures include soft-tissue facial fillers, chemical peels and microdermabrasion.

    Boomers will be spending billions to counter aging 2011

  • In 2010 at the age of 10, Blake was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare soft-tissue cancer.

    A Child's Wish to Help Melanie Grayce West 2011

  • In my third week I open up my laptop to give a lecture on antibiotic resistance and soft-tissue infections.

    Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011

  • Every older adult would graduate five years before retirement, say, from their standard GP to senior GGP.I would like to see their clinics boosted by an army of multi-skilled, soft-tissue therapists to tackle all those misdiagnosed "frozen" shoulders and "arthritic" joints; to provide serious and, where necessary, extended rehab after joint surgery; and to deal with all that unnecessary low-level pain that blights daily life for so many.

    Why do the elderly allow the NHS to treat them so badly? | Jane Taylor 2011

  • In my third week I open up my laptop to give a lecture on antibiotic resistance and soft-tissue infections.

    Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011

  • Structural massage, which focuses on soft-tissue abnormalities, requires more training and may be more likely to be paid for by health insurance plans, which may equate it with physical therapy, said Cherkin.

    Mammogram schedule should be customized, study finds 2011

  • Other doctors have speculated that he has sarcoma, a soft-tissue cancer.

    Reports of Chávez's Illness Cloud Campaign José de Córdoba 2011

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