If chronic hip pain and stiffness have limited your mobility, your doctor may recommend a hip replacement for one or both ...

Readers are overjoyed that the metro columnist's recent hip-replacement surgery went well. But they're not so happy with ...

"These results suggest that anti-obesity medication use, with relatively safe, effective, and sustainable weight loss, may be ...

Vitamin D is cheap and easily available and may improve recovery from joint surgery. So why aren’t more clinicians using it ...

Metro columnist Dan Casey had hip-replacement surgery Jan. 22 at LewisGale Medical Center in Salem. It was such a positive experience he's getting the other hip done in April.

Patients who have significant weight loss with anti-obesity medications after joint replacement show reductions in the risk for revision; however, caution on their use is urged as patients recover.

The event is open to the public and will take place in the Knox Medical Center Education Resource Room. This location is ...

In the U.S., about 900,000 knee replacement surgeries and 400,000 hip replacements occur each ... Special Surgery has more ...

Obesity is a major risk factor for joint failure because excess weight puts more stress on the implants, leading to ...