Tag: knees

  • Cutting-Edge Knee Surgery … AND PACESETTING THERAPY FOR ALZHEIMER’S – Medical Minutes by John Schieszer

    Cutting-Edge Knee Surgery … AND PACESETTING THERAPY FOR ALZHEIMER’S – Medical Minutes by John Schieszer

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    SELF-POWERED KNEE IMPLANTS Researchers at State University of New York in the United States are now developing self-powered knee implants that could reduce the number of knee replacement surgeries. They are working on implants that can provide physicians with regular activity updates and are powered by the patient’s movement. Knee…

  • Cutting-Edge Help for Knee Injuries and Poor Vision

    Cutting-Edge Help for Knee Injuries and Poor Vision

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      Using the Nose to Treat Damaged Knees Researchers are now reporting they have successfully harvested cartilage cells from patients’ own noses to produce cartilage transplants for treating bum knees in 10 adults. All the patients had cartilage that was damaged by injury. Two years after reconstruction, most recipients reported…