Sixty-nine-year-old Mary Anne Laporte was diagnosed with knee arthritis 15 years ago. For years, she kept the pain under control with steroid injections and physical therapy, but when she began to ...

When my right knee ballooned to twice its normal size in the summer of 2016, I didn’t know it yet, but it would start an eight-year medical mystery no one could solve. It began as a dull ache, then ...

MelbourneMelbourne: Osteoarthritis is a leading cause of chronic pain and disability, affecting more than two million Australians. Routine x-rays aren't recommended to diagnose the condition. Instead, ...

Symptoms like inflammation, joint pain, and stiffness are an inevitable part of aging. But for about 1% of the population, these symptoms are signs of something different: rheumatoid arthritis.

Knee pain is the most common musculoskeletal complaint that brings people to the doctor. It affects about 25% of U.S. adults. Several different things can lead to knee pain, and the treatments for it ...

Belinda Lawford receives funding from Arthritis Australia, Medical Research Future Fund and Medibank. She is a Steering Committee Member of the Osteoarthritis Research Society International ...

A sweeping analysis of nearly 10,000 patients reveals that knee braces, hydrotherapy, and exercise stand out as the most effective non-drug therapies for knee osteoarthritis. Unlike common pain ...