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...number of knee replacements done annually in the U.S. will jump 525% by 2030. You read correctly: 525%. This prediction comes out of a paper presented Thursday at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Hip replacements? Those will more than double, rising from 285,000 to 573,000. And the money spent on these procedures is expected to reach $65.2 billion by 2015, putting a huge burden on federal Medicare and Medicaid programs, which pay for about 60% of U.S. joint replacements...
...There's another factor contributing to the epidemic of failing joints: obesity. The obese, says Iorio, have twice the rate of hip and knee arthritis as adults with a healthy body weight. Nearly 32% of obese adults have arthritis, as opposed to 16% of those of normal weight and 22% of people who are overweight but not obese...
...arthritis, especially if the injuries aren't treated correctly. "Even a bad ankle sprain could raise the risk of osteoarthritis," says Buckwalter. He therefore advises getting the best possible care after injuring a joint. This can be as basic as resting and icing a sprained ankle or knee and then resuming activity gradually and carefully, starting out with physical therapy, if necessary. "If you have joint injury, make sure that you select activities that don't increase risk. You want to avoid repetitive twisting and pounding...
...School, than it is hard to see what is. Profitability should not be dismissed for its own sake. While HMI may resemble McKinsey & Company more closely than the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the increasing globalization of health care calls for bold new initiatives, not narrow-minded thinking and knee-jerk responses to programs that don’t fit the traditional mold of Harvard institutions...
...report of an assault in progress. Officers arrived and spoke to the reporting party who stated that when they attempted to sit down at a table they were threatened by another individual. The reporting party states that the individual then kicked them and struck them in the knee. The individual then threatened to punch the reporting party. The reporting party said that they did not want to pursue the matter criminally. Officers located the individual who had an active no trespass warning for all of Harvard University property. Shea Roberts, 59, was then placed under arrest...