osteoarthritis
5 stories tagged "osteoarthritis"
Knee Pain Fell From 7 to 3 After This Artery Procedure, but It Keeps Struggling to Beat a Fake One
Berlin doctors plugged inflamed knee vessels with gelatin beads built to dissolve within hours, and median pain fell from 7 to 3 over a year. Nobody got a sham, and the Rotterdam trial that used one calls the effect mainly placebo.
Autoimmune & InflammationA Few Degrees of Foot Angle Beat a Convincing Fake for Arthritic Knees
Personalized foot-angle retraining cut knee arthritis pain 1.2 points more than a sham program over a year, and an MRI marker of cartilage health held up better. Taxpayers paid for it, and there is nothing to refill.
Nutrition & FoodMRI Found Fat Marbled Inside the Thigh Muscles of Heavy Ultra-Processed Eaters, and Calories Didn't Explain It
MRI scans of 615 adults found more fat marbled inside the thigh muscle the more ultra-processed food people ate, and the link held after adjustment for calorie intake, exercise, and fat intake.
Autoimmune & InflammationA Petri Dish of Angry Immune Cells, a Little Ultrasound, and a Very Big Headline
UAH researchers used sound waves to shift immune cells from attack mode toward repair. The press release said 'stop arthritis before it starts.' The experiment never touched a joint.
InvestigationsThe Knee Procedure That Barely Beats a Convincing Fake
A university press release pitches a minimally invasive knee procedure as a way to delay joint replacement, but the only sham-controlled trials show the fake version works nearly as well.