Osteoarthritis is the world's most common joint disease and one of its most stubborn — partly because cartilage, once gone, doesn't really grow back. A tour of what's happening inside an aching joint, and where the new generation of treatments fits in.
What to eat, what to ask, what the surgical team is doing while you sleep. A short, honest guide for the evening before an operation — written by someone who has stood on both sides of the door.
Two numbers. A cuff. Five minutes a year. Why the most ordinary measurement in medicine is also one of the most consequential — and what it actually means when it climbs.