Shared genetic factors may drive both osteoarthritis and cardiovascular disease, suggesting a common genetic basis that ...

A simple blood test may be able to detect knee osteoarthritis in people who've yet to develop any symptoms — and up to eight years before an X-ray would ... usually in the hands, hips and ...

The nodes are a classic sign of osteoarthritis, or joint degeneration ... Imaging tests, such as an X-ray to check for joint cartilage loss, can also help confirm the diagnosis.