Our joints heavily rely on cartilage, as it acts as a shield and aids our bones. As aging occurs, there’s the possibility of this cartilage deteriorating or sustaining damage, frequently leading ...

During this process, each group produces its own set of regulator proteins and goes through its own developmental program to produce cartilage and bone. Researchers from the University of Basel ...

While the knee joint itself doesn’t have muscles, it has ligaments and cartilage and is stabilized by the muscles surrounding the joint: the quads, hamstrings, calves and hips. These muscles ...

Follow-up after joint replacement surgery, such as hip or knee replacement, ensures that your recovery is proceeding as anticipated. These appointments are important to detect any potential problems ...

Doctors have a message for patients: Trust is a two-way street. A recent Turning Points column discussed patients’ eroding trust in doctors, who for better or worse, are the front face of the ...

as he and another former official urged legislators to pursue tighter consumer protections amid fraying federal oversight. Alvaro Bedoya, a Democratic commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission ...

Orthopedic surgeons perform almost 700,000 knee replacements in the United States each year, and the procedure has a high success rate in alleviating pain and restoring an active lifestyle. It’s not ...

With that said, there will be dramatic changes in the cartilage itself. Among these, the joint will experience fibrillation in which cartilage will start to split and develop areas of fraying ...

A 40-year study by Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) researchers has found that active young adults who underwent total knee replacement were unlikely to require knee replacement revision in ...

But politics may be fraying the ties that bind the two men. Mr. Vance is part of an administration that wants to annex Canada, and Mr. Jivani is a rising star in the Conservative Party ...

Case in point: the protective cushion between your bones, otherwise known as cartilage. That’s why the risk for developing osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease, increases with age, says ...