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  • Hospital for Special Surgery to Host International Arthritis Summit in 2011  
    June 28, 2010 - Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) plans to host a two-day international Osteoarthritis Summit in June 2011...
  • Boning Up on Bone Drugs  More Magazine
    June 1, 2010 -

    Late last fall I started walking like a penguin. The array of specialists I waddled in to see—the anesthesiologist, the physiatrist (a doctor who supervises physical therapy and rehabilitation), the rheumatologist, the sports-med doctor and finally the back surgeon—were baffled by my gait and the increasingly intense throbbing in my left buttock...

  • Eliminating Shoulder Pain  foxnews.com
    May 11, 2010 - Getting old is tough. In fact, arthritis is the second most frequent chronic condition in the United States today. It can affect any joint in your body and it can really stop you in your tracks. Luckily, there are many options available to those suffering with this condition, including joint replacement surgery...
  • HealthWatch: Knee Pain From Arthritis  WCBS-TV
    May 11, 2010 - Do your knees hurt, creak or pop? You may be like millions of Americans who suffer from arthritis in the knees...
  • How to Prevent and Treat Arthritis  Family Circle Magazine
    April 1, 2010 - While there are over 100 different arthritis-related conditions, half of the 46 million sufferers in the U.S. have osteoarthritis. In fact, it's estimated that almost 50 percent of us will be dealing with some form of it by the time we turn 65. ...
  • Hospital for Special Surgery Supports Arthritis Foundation Focus on Raising National Awareness of Osteoarthritis  
    February 4, 2010 - Hospital for Special Surgery, (HSS), a world leader in orthopedics and rheumatology, today announced its support of the Arthritis Foundation and Ad Council newly launched campaign, "Moving is the Best Medicine," to raise awareness of osteoarthritis, increase public health education and support breakthrough research....
  • Hospital for Special Surgery Launches Study of Injectable Medication to Treat Painful Thumb Arthritis   
    February 1, 2010 - Imagine living with an aching, throbbing thumb day in and day out. The pain can be so bad, you can’t use your hand and it keeps you up at night. A study at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Arthritis Foundation, aims to find out if injections of a hyaluronan product can provide pain relief....
  • Injections May Boost Knee Surgery Success  MSN (HealthDay News)
    January 28, 2010 - For people with arthritis, injections of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory fluid can improve recovery from arthroscopic knee surgery to repair damaged cartilage, researchers say....
  • Arthritis Foundation Presents Highest Nationwide Volunteer Award  Arthritis Foundation
    December 2, 2009 - The Arthritis Foundation bestowed Laura Robbins, DSW, with its highest nationwide volunteer award, the Charles B. Harding Award for Distinguished Service, during the organization's national meeting on Nov. 20 in Atlanta....
  • Should You Give Injectables a Shot for Osteoarthritis Pain?  WebMD
    October 7, 2009 - Finding relief from knee pain can be a trying experience for the nearly 27 million Americans who live with osteoarthritis. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) help many, but these medications can have serious side effects, including ulcers and serious gastrointestinal bleeding. What’s more, supplements such as glucosamine and chondroitin, which were once hailed as miracles, have not always lived up to their claims in clinical studies....
  • Satisfaction High Among Hip Replacement Patients  Modern Medicine
    September 10, 2009 - Four years after total hip arthroplasty, most patients report that their preoperative expectations were either completely or somewhat fulfilled, according to a study published in the Sept. 1 issue of the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery....
  • HealthWatch: Easing Arthritis  WCBS-TV 2
    August 4, 2009 - It adds up to more than $128 billion in healthcare costs. Much of it spent on total joint replacements. But CBS 2's Dr. Max Gomez is here to tell us that there are some steps short of total joint replacement that can ease the pain....
  • Quantitative MRI Helps to Repair Damaged Knees  Medical Imaging International
    July 31, 2009 - Investigators have shown that a biodegradable scaffold or plug can be used to treat patients with damaged knee cartilage. The study is unique in that it utilized serial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning and newer quantitative T2 mapping to examine how the plug incorporated itself into the knee....
  • New Hip Surgeries Boost Mobility, Fend off Arthritis  USA TODAY
    July 20, 2009 - Jasmine Caccamo talks about how she was not able to walk down a New York City block without having to stop several times and rest her sore hip. She is only 26 years old. Enough already, she thought. This is just decades too young for the jabbing pain in my groin....
  • X-ray vision: Arthritis leads to replacement  New York Daily News
    April 5, 2009 - Arthritis affects the shoulder less frequently than the hip or knee, but it still results in more than 10,000 shoulder replacements per year in the United States. The most common type of arthritis in the shoulder, osteoarthritis, is a degenerative condition that destroys the cartilage on the humerus (ball) and glenoid (socket). It usually affects people over the age of 60, and can cause severe pain and limitation of motion....
  • The ultimate guide to healthy joints  Natural Health magazine
    April 1, 2009 - The right diet can help you avoid osteoarthritis or manage its symptoms, says Vijay Vad, MD, author of Arthritis Rx (Gotham Books, 2006), and sports medicine physician at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. He recommends an antiinflammatory eating plan, with plenty of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and omega-3 fats from cold-water fish, olive oil, and walnuts. Avoid or eliminate red meat, dairy, polyunsaturated vegetable oils (safflower, sunflower, soy, peanut, and corn), refined grains and sugars (white breads, white flour pastas), and processed foods....
  • Arthritis: Fighting the Pain  NBC Nightly News
    October 27, 2008 - More than 50 million Americans suffer from osteoarthritis, which brings 735,000 patients to hospitals for joint replacements every year and costs Medicare $25,000 to $50,000 each. NBC's Robert Bazell talks to Dr. Edward Craig of Hospital for Special Surgery about total shoulder replacement surgery....
  • Surgical Innovations for Osteoarthritis  NBC Nightly News
    October 26, 2008 - In a two part series on surgical innovations for osteoarthritis, two HSS surgeons and their patients will be featured tomorrow night, Oct. 27, and the following evening, Oct. 28, on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams at 6:30 p.m. on ch. 4. Tomorrow night's segment covers total shoulder replacement with Dr. Edward Craig and two of his patients. The following night, Dr. Riley Williams' clinical research study on advances in cartilage repair will be highlighted. Two patients in different stages of the cartilage clinical trial are also interviewed along with an explanation of the study by Dr. Williams....
  • Beyond Arthritis: Hip and Knee Replacements for Women  WebMD
    November 27, 2007 - With the baby boom generation hitting their 60s -- the age at which joints start to hurt and ultimately give out -- more and more people are seeking knee and hip replacements to maintain their active lifestyle....
  • Easing the Pain of Knee Arthritis  CBS Evening News
    October 8, 2007 - Steven Haas, M.D., of Hospital for Special Surgery, told her he would give her a high-performance kind of knee that moves and feels more like a natural one. It's especially good for women, he said, who require new knees more often than men because theirs are less muscular and more prone to injuries....