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Arthritis of the knee...it’s almost painful just to say the words. For years the best chance for permanent pain relief was a total knee replacement. But there may be another choice. On this week’s Health Show, we’ll talk about less invasive partial knee replacement. We’ll also explore a mental condition that clutters more than your brain. Health coverage reform may mean a need for a lot more doctors. And an exhibit of the human body is creating a stir in Europe...months after doing the same in the US.
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WE'RE GONNA NEED A NEW KNEE
A recent study by researchers from the CDC and the University of North Carolina found that almost half of all Americans will develop arthritis of the knee by age 85. Okay, by age 85 we expect a few aches and pains...but millions will develop the condition much younger. Total knee replacement surgery has been the only sure way to relive this pain...but there is another option and it’s a lot less invasive: arthroscopic partial knee replacement surgery. Here to talk about this innovative procedure is Dr. Michael Bronson, chief of joint replacement surgery at Mt Sinai School of Medicine in New York.
We're Gonna Need A Bigger House
Most of us save things...memorabilia, collectibles, items from our childhood or from our children. But for more than an estimated million Americans, the saving may get out of hand and cross over to a psychiatric condition known as compulsive hoarding. Andi McDonnell has more.
We're Gonna Need Some More Doctors
Health care reform in Massachusetts has led to a dramatic increase in the number of people with health insurance. But there’s an unintended consequence...a sudden demand for primary care doctors that has outpaced the supply. As national health reformers are scrutinizing the Massachusetts reform experiment, a number of glitches are surfacing. Karen Brown reports.
Bodies On Exhibit
An exhibition has opened in Paris that tries to explain the inner workings of the human body by showing...the inner human body. It’s the latest in a series of exhibitions that caused a swirl of controversy when it opened in the US. Radio Netherlands’ Aidan O’Donnell reports.
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