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How High Blood Pressure Accelerates Joint Wear in Older Adults: A 'Brain Hormone' May Be to Blame

How High Blood Pressure Accelerates Joint Wear in Older Adults: A 'Brain Hormone' May Be to Blame

October 2 marks "Senior Citizens' Day" in South Korea—a statutory observance intended to foster respect for older adults and highlight the health...
Autologous Fat Injections Linked to Slower Knee Osteoarthritis Progression, Study Finds

Autologous Fat Injections Linked to Slower Knee Osteoarthritis Progression, Study Finds

Patients with moderate knee osteoarthritis who received injections of stromal vascular fraction isolated from their own adipose tissue experienced...
Can SVF Injections Delay Knee Replacement? Two-Year Tracking Shows 99% Avoided Surgery

Can SVF Injections Delay Knee Replacement? Two-Year Tracking Shows 99% Avoided Surgery

As populations age, the treatment paradigm for degenerative knee osteoarthritis is shifting from early artificial joint...
Knees Ache When the AC Hits You? It Might Be ‘Air-Conditioning Joint Syndrome’

Knees Ache When the AC Hits You? It Might Be ‘Air-Conditioning Joint Syndrome’

As summer heatwaves stretch on, air conditioners run continuously in homes and offices.
Beyond ‘Getting Older’: 3 Major Joint Diseases That Strike in Middle Age

Beyond ‘Getting Older’: 3 Major Joint Diseases That Strike in Middle Age

You wake up with stiff, unyielding fingers. Climbing a few flights of stairs leaves your knees throbbing.
The Inactivity Trap: Why Resting Your Painful Joints Makes You Weaker

The Inactivity Trap: Why Resting Your Painful Joints Makes You Weaker

Editor’s note: In Japanese orthopedics, specialists define "locomotive syndrome" as a condition where declining...
Placebo Outperforms TG-C: Data Errors and Stock Volatility Cloud Kolon TissueGene’s Phase 3 Trial

Placebo Outperforms TG-C: Data Errors and Stock Volatility Cloud Kolon TissueGene’s Phase 3 Trial

Kolon TissueGene’s knee osteoarthritis cell and gene therapy, TG-C, has failed to achieve statistical significance on...
Don't Just Blame Aging: Why Delaying Knee Care Can Cost You Your Mobility

Don't Just Blame Aging: Why Delaying Knee Care Can Cost You Your Mobility

Many people shrug off knee pain—especially when it flares up while walking down stairs—as a natural consequence of...
Buying Time for Degenerative Knees: SVF Cell Therapy Cuts Osteoarthritis Pain in Three Weeks

Buying Time for Degenerative Knees: SVF Cell Therapy Cuts Osteoarthritis Pain in Three Weeks

As knee osteoarthritis worsens, total knee replacement surgery becomes an unavoidable reality for millions of aging...
FDA Grants Streamlined Path for MediPost’s Cartistem, Slashing U.S. Trial Burden

FDA Grants Streamlined Path for MediPost’s Cartistem, Slashing U.S. Trial Burden

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has agreed to a significantly streamlined clinical path for Cartistem, a landmark...