Whether it’s an aspiring NFL player, a basketball star, or a weekend warrior, damage to the knee’s articular cartilage can bring everything to a painful halt. Unlike other tissues in the body ...

Amin and colleagues, therefore, investigated the effects of smoking on cartilage loss and knee pain in men with ... Smoking might directly affect other articular structures, or modify the ...

which uses a camera to examine the inside of the knee and diagnose problems through a small incision. Cancar says that Williams shaved off a bit of cartilage but also discovered lingering scar ...