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Christina Lasich, MD, Health Pro

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Obesity is Harmful to the Joints

What if we prevented obesity? Would the occurrence of joint osteoarthritis be eliminated? Probably not; other factors like joint injury also contribute to the cause of arthritis. However, the sheer number of joints deteriorating rapidly would decline if less people were obese. For now, the aging, obese population is presenting with a deluge of... Read more Chevron

posted 05/02/2011, comments (0)|

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Common Injuries Mistaken For Osteoarthritis of the Knee

I feel stiffness, pain and some swelling in my left knee. It has been going on for some time, but I have just been ignoring the pain until recently, when it became more consistent. Before I go to the doctor, what should I be on the lookout for? How can I differentiate the pain experienced among different conditions? The above is an example we... Read more Chevron

posted 08/27/2010, comments (0)|

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Low-Tech Suggestions to Relieve Pain

Since I started writing this column we’ve been bouncing around with various thoughts on arthritis, activity and other issues of joint health. In all the excitement I fear we may have missed a few things, so on that note, we will put things to right. As mentioned, one of the most impressive things I saw as a medical student was a person... Read more Chevron

posted 08/06/2010, comment (1)|

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July 2010 in Review

And the summer is half-way gone. How did this even happen? I feel like July went faster than any other month. Oh well. Let's dive in for the month that was, shall we? Another productive month here at Osteoarthritis Central. We had Christina Lasich, MD contribute an article on risk now leading to osteoarthritis later and I wrote a... Read more Chevron

posted 07/29/2010, comments (0)|

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Osteoarthritis in Men and Women

Both men and women are known to suffer from osteoarthritis, which is the most common form of arthritis. It is estimated that some 27 million Americans have the disease. Osteoarthritis is significantly more common among men under the age of 45, but after that age, the majority of osteoarthritis cases are in women. Lower-body... Read more Chevron

posted 06/25/2010, comment (1)|

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