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Unclear how much pounding new hips, knees can take

One in 75 patients who gets a knee or hip replaced must get it replaced again within three years, new research finds, although the studies underscore a question: Just how much pounding can a new joint take if you want it to last?

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Weather and Joint Pain

Source: MSN

Q: When the weather changes I experience pain in my joints, especially in my knees. Does this mean I will develop arthritis when I get older?

On Your Feet

Source: The Washington Post

How do shoes affect your feet? Is there a good way to walk in heels? Want to know about Morton's neuroma? How about hammertoe and pump bumps? Links to: Graphic; On Your Feet - High heels' effects on the body | Shoe Pros and Cons | Expert Shoe-Buying Tips | Be Kind to Your Feet,  …

Joints 'must be tobacco free'

Source: BBC News

Amsterdam will be going smoke-free from July 1st, and customers in the famous marijuana-selling coffee shops have been told that they will still be permitted to light up their cannabis joints - but only if they are free of tobacco.

Rheumatoid Arthritis - a chronic inflammation

Source: yoursite.com

Rheumatoid Arthritis – an autoimmune disorder characterized by chronic inflammation of synovial membrane affecting joints.. Simple steps to help and prevent the disease.

Gout surge blamed on sweet drinks

Source: BBC News

Sugary drinks have been blamed for a surge in cases of the painful joint disease gout. Men who consume two or more sugary soft drinks a day have an 85% higher risk of gout compared with those who drink less than one a month, a study suggests.

Debate: Does Computer Use Cause Carpal Tunnel? - Tech-Recipes.com

Source: tech-recipes.com

Repetitive motion injury is a term that is thrown around a lot these days.

Report: Al Gore III Caught With 140 Vicodin Pills

Source: FOXNews.com

LAGUNA NIGUEL, California — Al Gore's son faces up to three years in prison if convicted on felony drug-possession charges and lesser offenses related to July 4 traffic stop in Orange County where he was found with 140 Vicodin pills, according to a report from the People.com  …

Smoke a Joint, Lose Your Chance To Adopt?

Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

Excerpt:"Smoke a joint in Alabama or Oregon, and you can permanently lose the right to adopt a child. Smoke one in Oklahoma, and you're ineligible ever to be a foster parent. Light up in Utah, and get a lifelong eviction notice from public housing.

Are cortisone injections safe?

Source: thefinalsprint.com

Doctors often inject cortisone-type medications into painful damaged joints and tendons. Single injections can relieve pain and swelling and appear to be safe, but many studies show that repeated injections can damage joints and delay healing.

Why Knuckles Crack and Joints Creak

Source: Live Science

Some peoples' bodies play a percussive symphony of cracking and creaking, thanks to the large orchestra of noise-making human joints.

Restaurant's 'speak English' signs draw Philadelphia bias complaint

Source: Top News

PHILADELPHIA -- Signs admonishing patrons to speak English when ordering at one of Philadelphia's most famous cheese-steak joints have drawn an official discrimination complaint, but the owner said yesterday he won't back down.