Low-dose radiation therapy may do more than relieve pain from early knee osteoarthritis, with a long-term analysis suggesting it could also influence how the disease progresses. The findings come from a new analysis of a ...
Sep 27, 2026
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Knee osteoarthritis is a widespread and painful joint condition. It causes chronic pain, cartilage breakdown and trouble moving. Doctors rely on X-rays and patient surveys to track how the disease progresses. These traditional ...
Sep 16, 2026
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When it comes to daily aches and pains, it's not uncommon for knees to be a main source. And while there can be many different long-term causes of such issues, osteoarthritis is often a reason why.
Aug 18, 2026
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Osteoarthritis is a leading cause of chronic pain and disability worldwide. Current intra-articular standards of care, such as analgesics, corticosteroids and viscosupplements, provide only transient symptomatic relief and ...
Aug 13, 2026
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Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) affects more than 1 in 10 people older than 40, impairing patients' mobility and quality of life. With limited treatment options, stem cell injections have been promoted as a treatment, but clinical ...
Aug 7, 2026
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Repeatedly losing and gaining weight may do more than frustrate dieters—it also accelerates muscle loss in middle-aged people, according to new UC San Francisco research that comes as weight-loss medications transform obesity ...
Jul 21, 2026
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The procedure was "remarkably" successful. That's how Cynthia Schraf-Fletcher, 74, describes her experience with genicular artery embolization (GAE), a minimally invasive procedure that treats chronic knee pain. Nearly a ...
Jun 23, 2026
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Embolization of abnormal blood vessels using rapidly resorbable gelatin-based microspheres is safe and provides significant, lasting pain relief and functional improvement for patients with osteoarthritis-related knee pain, ...
Jun 16, 2026
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Injections of platelet-rich plasma made from a patient's own blood are increasingly used to treat knee osteoarthritis, but their use is not widely accepted, and the treatment does not work for everyone. Investigators from ...
Jun 15, 2026
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Researchers at WashU Medicine found that adults who regularly experience short or poor-quality sleep, as well as those who work night shifts, face a significantly higher risk of developing osteoarthritis and requiring hip ...
Jun 2, 2026
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