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A new shot eased arthritic knee pain for years without replacement surgery

Millions of people with knee osteoarthritis live with daily pain and stiffness that erode their ability to walk, climb stairs ...

Patients Already on the Knee Replacement Waiting List Find Platelet-Rich Plasma Outperformed Cortisone and NSAIDS

Patients with "bone-on-bone" arthritis, PRP produced sustained pain and function and measurable shifts in cartilage ...
Women's Health

Why America’s Bad Knees Are Fueling A Search For New Forms Of Relief

I spent a chunk of my career as a foreign correspondent, and another telling war stories. Touring the front lines in Ethiopia’s war with Eritrea. Running from tear gas during street protests in Seoul ...
Medical Xpress

Glucocorticoid injection shows little benefit for knee osteoarthritis, clinical trial finds

Researchers in China have found no statistically significant advantage for infrapatellar fat pad glucocorticoid injection over saline for 12-week knee pain change or effusion synovitis volume change ...
Sports Illustrated

J.J. McCarthy received biologic injection for swelling in surgically-repaired knee

Vikings rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy's season was deemed over as soon as he suffered a torn meniscus in his first preseason game in August, and now months after undergoing surgery to repair the ...
The New York Times

Vikings’ J.J. McCarthy undergoes procedure, receives injection amid rehab from meniscus tear

Minnesota Vikings rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy underwent a procedure and received a biologic injection to reduce swelling in his knee, according to a source. McCarthy is currently on season-ending ...