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Arthritis Relief and Joint Replacement

Dr. Ira Kirschenbaum shares information and advice about osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, joint replacement and more -- from symptoms and prevention of arthritis and other promising treatments.

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A Book Review: An Unspoken Part of SurgeryI was presented with an advance copy of a book I do not think I would purchase as a patient. It was also a...
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A day does not go by where I do not see a television advertisement for a prescription medication. The final tag line is: Ask your doctor about THIS ...
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On my last blog post I talked a bit about who will do your surgery. This is a very difficult decision for anyone, as even in this country there are no...
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On the WebMD message Board on Joint Replacement there are a number of posts concerning serious problems that have occurred in each individual s surg...
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When to Start and When to StopIt is interesting that I overheard two clinicians speaking recently and this is generally what I heard:Clinician 1: I go...
I am a joint replacement surgeon. In the operating room, in a given year I perform over 300 procedures related to joints, arthritis, and injury. In my...
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Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;All the King's horses and all the King's men,Couldn't put Humpty together again.Things have...
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When I tell patients they have arthritis they often say that they are not surprised because their mother has it. Or they may say that their father jus...
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*Excerpt from book The MD Answer Book...on Arthritis that I am currently writing.Joint replacements have been around for approximately 50 years. Mo...
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It's the same in New York, Chicago, and Tupelo, MississippiThere has been so much press from all over the country about the speed to recover from surg...
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