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Does Your Knee Injury Need Surgery? WebMD Feature Reviewed by James Kercher, MD Maybe it was a high school sports injury that you never got around to treating. Or maybe it was that spill you took skiing last winter that still gives you problems today. Whatever its cause and...
New Treatment Shows Promise for Knee Arthritis Small study found single shot of patient's own stem cells improved pain, mobility WebMD News from HealthDay By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, June 24, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- For those who suffer debilitating arthritis in...
Clinics Selling Unapproved Stem Cell 'Therapies' Study identifies hot spots around the country WebMD News from HealthDay By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, June 30, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Hundreds of clinics across the United States are marketing unapproved stem cell...
Nerve Zap May Ease Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment worked some for patients who weren't responding to drugs WebMD News from HealthDay By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, July 12, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Electronic stimulation of a nerve running from the brain to the gut...
Lab-Grown Cartilage May One Day Cut Need for This Made of patients' stem cells and synthetic 'scaffolding,' it may cut need for hip replacement, scientists say WebMD News from HealthDay By Randy Dotinga HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, July 19, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists...
New Treatments Helping Kids With Juvenile Arthritis Several biologics have been approved by the FDA for use with certain forms of the disease WebMD News from HealthDay By Mary Elizabeth Dallas HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 20, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- New treatments for...
Generic Biologics Seem as Effective as Originals Biologics are made from living cells and more complicated to replicate, researchers said WebMD News from HealthDay By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Generic biologic drugs are similarly...
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 3, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- New research challenges the long-held belief that people with sickle cell trait, who are born with only a single copy of the sickle cell gene variant, are at risk of premature death. People with the sickle cell gene variant do not have...
Ruth Cohen, DC, a 57-year-old chiropractor in Greenvale, NY, has lived with knee osteoarthritis (OA) for a long time. But the former college gymnast isn't ready for an operation to replace her joint. "I'm always looking to deal with alternative treatments before resorting to...