Your knee contains articular cartilage, which lines your bones and allows you to move without pain or friction. Knee cartilage damage occurs when your articular cartilage chips or wears away. In ...

Alicia McHatton was in Kailua-Kona, on Hawaii’s big island, when she received the phone call that would change her life. It was April 2023, and for the previous eight months, McHatton, a neonatal ...

Advanced biologic repairs and robotic-assisted partial knee replacement offer alternatives to total knee surgery.

A single shot that appears to regrow worn knee cartilage and head off arthritis sounds like science fiction, yet early data from aging and cartilage research are edging that idea closer to reality.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a special episode (first released on December 12, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: Approximately 800,000 knee replacement ...

Layers of connective tissues in your knee allow you to move with stability and ease. You may have pain, stiffness, swelling, or difficulty moving if an injury or natural aging damages these tissues.

A microscropy image of the new biomaterial. Nanofibers are pink; hyaluronic acid is shown in purple. (Samuel I. Stupp/Northwestern University) (CN) — Scientists at Northwestern University created a ...

This rare outcome in cartilage repair suggests true biological cartilage regeneration, not merely defect filling Unlike traditional scaffolds, GelrinC limits fibrotic tissue overgrowth, supporting ...

A Holland Hospital orthopedic surgeon has hit a major milestone, and for patients across the lakeshore, it means getting back ...

Whether arthritis aches have been flaring up more often or you're finding it harder to simply climb the stairs, age-related joint pain can sneak up on millions of Americans. Because it's so common, ...