NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older Americans are increasingly complaining of aching knees, and getting those knees replaced, even though X-ray evidence of knee arthritis is not on the rise, a new study finds. Since the 1970s and 1980s, the percentage of older Americans reporting chronic knee pain has risen as much as three-fold -- both among people with visible signs of arthritic joints and those ...

SATURDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Arthritis of the knee is striking Americans at younger ages, new research has found, but shedding a few pounds if you're overweight may reduce your risk.

Arthritis of the knee is affecting Americans at younger ages, new research has found, but shedding excess weight may reduce people’s risk. The preliminary studies were to be presented Saturday at the American College of Rheumatology annual meeting, in Chicago. Almost 6.5 million Americans between the ages of 35 and 84 will receive a diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis in the next decade, according ...

Knee Osteoarthritis is joining other lifestyle and obesity related disease such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke, striking people at younger ages.

Arthritis can affect any joint, but weight-bearing joints such as the knee are particularly vulnerable.