Robotic knee surgery put to the test

• by Kathryn Wighton

• September 11, 2026

PRP Linked to Better Outcomes in Advanced Knee OA

In a small open-label randomized trial, 2 platelet-rich plasma injections were associated with greater 6-month improvements in pain and function than corticosteroid injection or oral aceclofenac among patients awaiting knee arthroplasty.

• by Andrea Surnit

• June 22, 2026

• 6 min

Inside the hip osteoarthritis microbiome

Investigators compared intra-articular microbial profiles and predicted metabolic pathways in patients with hip osteoarthritis and nonarthritic controls.

• by Kathryn Wighton

• September 4, 2026

• 3 min

Side Effects: Sour Mouth, Lower BP

Acidic gum beat sugar-free at cranking out nitric oxide from beetroot juice — exactly backward from what test-tube studies predicted. Also this week: a sleep gene that ignores amyloid, and jackfruit sap moonlighting as a bone-building drug delivery system.

• by Kerri Miller

• June 23, 2026

• 7 min