For patients undergoing primary total hip replacement (THR), the rate of revision varies by type of material used in the bearing surface. HealthDay News — For patients undergoing primary total hip ...

A new study by Monash University medicine safety experts found the use of gabapentinoids—medicines widely used to treat ...

Changes in the make-up of the gut microbiome are linked to the onset of clinically evident rheumatoid arthritis in those at risk of the disease because of genetic, environmental, or immunological ...

Chronic conditions like rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and fibromyalgia can cause muscle pain in your hip muscles and throughout the body. Overuse injuries describe muscle tears that come from a ...

By 2030, people younger than 65 will account for more than half of hip replacements and more than 60% of knee replacements.

The study, published today in JAMA Network Open, tracked patients hospitalized for hip fractures in Victoria, Australia from March 2013 through June 2018, who had used gabapentinoids before the injury ...

When performing knee replacement surgery, also called total knee arthroplasty, doctors traditionally try to align the hip, ...

In fact, joints supported by weak muscles are more susceptible to arthritis. Tellingly, the average body mass index (BMI) of hip surgery patients in the UK in 2016 was 28.8 (overweight).

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) causes your body to mistakenly attack healthy joints and leads to widespread inflammation. RA is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease. It causes the body to attack ...

Nov. 8, 2024 — Changes in the gut microbiome before rheumatoid arthritis is developed could provide a window of opportunity for preventative treatments, new research ... Two Key Genes Identified ...

A growing trend in orthopedics reveals that younger people are undergoing hip and knee replacements ... blood work and imaging, such as an x-ray to look for deterioration, cysts, deformity ...