The cost of an average knee replacement — including surgery, hospitalization, and medications — is about $20,000 in the U.S. Health insurance plans like Medicare generally pick up about 80% of ...

The company is planning a “broad Phase 3 program” for two anticoagulants after they outperformed marketed medicines in a pair ...

Most patients say that the pain they experience after a knee replacement is most intense in the first 24 hours after surgery. A peripheral nerve block, in addition to oral or intravenous pain ...

Blocking blood flow to the site of knee arthritis can reduce pain and potentially prevent the need for knee replacement surgery, a new study says.

A minimally invasive procedure provides significant relief from knee pain and may prevent the need for knee replacement ...

Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new implant that acts as a shock absorber. This requires a much simpler procedure than a total knee replacement. Further research is ...

Operation Walk is a volunteer medical organization that provides "the gift of mobility" through joint replacement surgeries at no cost for patients in the U.S. and globally. It was founded in 1996 by ...

Partial knee replacement surgery can ... Most people will be given non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or local anesthetics to control any pain. Your doctor will encourage you to ...

Knee replacement surgery (also called knee arthroplasty) is an operation performed to alleviate the pain of severe ...

A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine has demonstrated the potential of semaglutide for alleviating knee ...

A pair of Regeneron’s monoclonal antibodies have held their own against a commonly used anticoagulant in a phase 2 trial, ...

A minimally invasive procedure provides significant relief from knee pain and may prevent the need for knee replacement surgery ... like physical therapy or pain medications," Dr. Fleckenstein ...