SAN FRANCISCO — Getting a cortisone shot for knee arthritis might provide quick pain relief, but new research reveals a troubling association: those steroid injections may be linked to faster joint ...

An alternative medicine approach to joint pain that typically uses injections of sugar or sodium may be worth trying for knee osteoarthritis after traditional approaches fail, a recent review suggests ...

Injections of gel-like substances may be making inroads into the established arsenal of treatments for painful, arthritic knees. Physical therapy, nutritional supplements, anti-inflammatory ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients receiving injections of autologous adipose-derived stem cells or adipose-derived stromal vascular ...

How Do These Knee Osteoarthritis Injections Work? Normal joint fluid contains a substance called hyaluronan. It acts like a shock absorber and lubricant in your joint and is needed to help the joint ...

Recent updates in evidence-based recommendations have led to changes in the use of steroid and hyaluronic acid injection for patients with osteoarthritis of the knee, reports a study in the May 16, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Published results showed a single intra-articular injection of microfat with or without platelet-rich plasma may ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Injections of the lubricating substance hyaluronic acid may be little help to people with knee arthritis, researchers reported Monday. Hyaluronic acid exists naturally in ...

Knee pain appears to decrease up to one year after "prolotherapy," a series of sugar water injections at the site of the pain, according to a new study. Previous research on the therapy that suggested ...

“Cortisone is typically the first line of injection ...

New research shows that corticosteroid injections for knee OA treatment do not hasten a patient's progression to a total knee replacement when compared with hyaluronic acid injections. Details of this ...

Physicians accepting payments from drug and device companies administered significantly more hyaluronic acid (HA) injections to Medicare beneficiaries for knee osteoarthritis, researchers found. Those ...