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Unwarranted Stress Testing Before Knee, Hip Surgery Is Declining

(UPDATED) Cardiac stress testing is consistently on the decline among patients slated for hip or knee replacement, according to a cross-sectional study of data spanning a 14-year period, though people ...
UPI

Blood test finds knee osteoarthritis up to 8 years before it appears on X-rays

NEW YORK April 26 (UPI) --The ability to detect knee osteoarthritis with a blood test up to eight years before it appears on X-rays -- as researchers have done -- could lead to therapies that delay ...
Medical Xpress

Study reveals unnecessary stress testing performed prior to knee and hip replacement surgeries

A new study out of the University of Chicago Medicine shows the overall rate of preoperative stress testing for hip and knee replacements is and has been decreasing consistently since 2006. Still, ...
Medical Xpress

Blood test finds knee osteoarthritis up to eight years before it appears on X-rays

A blood test successfully predicted knee osteoarthritis at least eight years before tell-tale signs of the disease appeared on X-rays, Duke Health researchers report. In a study appearing April 26 in ...