Compared to the United States, physicians in Europe have a much more conservative approach to joint replacement in general.

S. Boyd is a fifth-generation farmer from Monticello Florida and is the majority owner of Boyd Family Farms Inc. However Boyd was handily reelected with 66 percent of the vote in 2002 against another underfunded Republican.

He currently works for a lobbying firm the Twenty-First Century Group. He is a member of the Democratic Party.