Injections of Your Own Fat Could Help Arthritic Hands

Injections of Your Own Fat Could Help Arthritic Hands

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, May 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Liposuction typically is used to flatten your stomach or shape up your booty, but a new study argues that it could also help people suffering from arthritis of the fingers. Injections of body fat into aching, arthritic finger joints appear to produce significant … Read more

Fat Injections Might Ease Pain of Plantar Fasciitis

By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Belly fat is usually unwelcome, but new research suggests it may actually be good for something: relief from foot pain. A small pilot study suggests that an injection of a patient’s own fat cells can help ease the often-excruciating heel pain brought on … Read more