1.   And a substance in crab blood is used to detect bacteria in surgical implants and other devices.

2.   And surgical implants might alter everything from native intelligence to sexual orientation.

3.   Drugs regimens are an option, as are surgical implants of devices designed to interrupt pain signals to the brain.

4.   Other impotency treatments require other techniques such as surgical implants.

5.   Previous treatments for impotence -- pumps, injections, surgical implants and urethral suppositories -- were not only unappealing, but ineffective for many users.

6.   She preferred that to a surgical implant to balance her torso.

7.   Some doctors now use Gore-Tex, a material associated with protective outerwear, as surgical implants to fill out cheeks and chins.

8.   Surgical implants are another option.

9.   Americans frustrated with their hearing aids may soon get to try a new surgical implant to help them hear better.

10.   The risk is especially worrisome in wet conditions, such as salt or hot water or, as is the case with steel surgical implants, body fluids.