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First Opinion

Opinion: Researching collagen to help his achy knees, a statistician explores the painfully weak evidence

20.01.2022

One Thursday in September, I woke up with achy knees. That was nothing new. I’ve had knee pain on and off for a few years. Before the pandemic, I had …

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Health

Watch: After nearly dying in Iraq, a veteran volunteers for a surgical first to ‘help the next troops’

14.09.2021

After barely surviving a bomb attack in Iraq in 2005, veteran Jerry Majetich lived with intense pain in his right hand for 15 years. Finally, he decided last year to …

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Health / Health Tech

‘I can still feel it’: Groundbreaking arm amputation surgery makes a ‘phantom’ hand seem real

14.09.2021

“Can you give me a thumbs up?” the surgeon asks Jerry Majetich, an Iraq War veteran, during a checkup this spring at a Boston hospital. “Can you make me a …

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In the Lab

Scientists engineer nasal cartilage cells to repair aching knees

01.09.2021

In osteoarthritis of the knee, cartilage that should cushion the bones erodes, leaving people in pain. Anti-inflammatory drugs can offer some relief, but they can’t cure the disease or bring …

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Coronavirus / Health

Elective, but not optional: Orthopedic patients eagerly await surgeries delayed by Covid-19

27.01.2021

Robin Young wants you to know she thinks her second knee replacement is the least important thing in the world. While hospitals are caught in the grips of a Covid-19 …

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