A University of Manchester biologist has for the first time established that the painful and debilitating symptoms endured by osteoarthritis sufferers are intrinsically linked to the human body clock.
Dec 15, 2015
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Obese people who lose a substantial amount of weight can significantly slow the degeneration of their knee cartilage, according to a new MRI study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North ...
Nov 30, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Millions of aging Americans are plagued by arthritic knees, and two new studies offer insight into what might—or might not—help curb the condition.
Nov 10, 2015
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Non-white race and lack of education are known risk factors for pain and poorer function after knee replacement surgery. What isn't clear is how a community's poverty level affects the outcomes of having a joint replaced. ...
Nov 9, 2015
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People with knees worn out by arthritis will get more pain relief from joint replacement surgery, but it has more risks and there's a good chance that less drastic approaches also would help. That's the bottom line from the ...
Oct 21, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Aging baby boomers are getting bum knees replaced at a greater rate, and at a younger age, than ever before, a new U.S. study confirms.
Sep 2, 2015
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Contrary to recent reports, Boston-based researchers found that osteoarthritis patients who had total knee or hip joint replacement surgery, known as arthroplasty, were at increased risk of heart attack (myocardial infarction) ...
Aug 31, 2015
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A research team at York has adapted the astonishing capacity of animals such as newts to regenerate lost tissues and organs caused when they have a limb severed.
Aug 20, 2015
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A first-of-its kind study has found that total knee replacements can effectively treat degeneration caused by a bone deformity called Blount disease.
Aug 11, 2015
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Researchers in Keele University's Research Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine and at the Haywood Rheumatology Centre, in Staffordshire, UK, and the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, have for ...
Jul 15, 2015
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