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New knee arthritis treatment delivers lasting pain relief without…

The study followed 194 patients, and eighty percent reported meaningful relief for at least a year; the other twenty percent presumably kept their knees' opinions.

On air: Dale Bearman and Vera Bullock on The Bonk-o-Meter
Published 10:51 AM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026

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First reported by ScienceDaily: “New knee arthritis treatment delivers lasting pain relief without surgery”.
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 10:51 AM ET on The Bonk-o-Meter, by Dale Bearman and Vera Bullock.

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ScienceDailyNew knee arthritis treatment delivers lasting pain relief without surgery

What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe claim under review, reported by ScienceDaily on October fourteenth, twenty twenty-six: tiny dissolvable particles can ease knee arthritis pain without joint replacement surgery.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorParticles in the knee. That's how every disaster film starts.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThey block abnormal blood vessels, which calms the inflammation.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIn a study of one hundred ninety-four patients, eighty percent had meaningful pain relief lasting at least twelve months.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo twenty percent got nothing. Twenty percent of knees, Vera, left alone with the pain.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOr one hundred fifty-five people walking to the kettle without wincing.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwelve months. Then what, the particles dissolve and the knee remembers everything?
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe rating is Mildly Bonkers: real study, real numbers, no scalpel.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFine. Mildly Bonkers. I'm only annoyed because my left knee has already asked for the number.