Knee Replacement

The despondent man had phoned his family to say he was going to end it all, and St. Joseph County police were racing the clock to get to the potential suicide before it was too late. Electronic coordinates showed his cell phone in the woods behind...

SAN DIEGO — We’re becoming a nation of bum knees, worn-out hips and sore shoulders, and it’s not just the Medicare set. Baby boomer bones and joints also are taking a pounding, spawning a boom in operations to fix them. Knee replacement...

NEWPORT BEACH — The defensive coordinator wasn't there Thursday night for the Newport Harbor High football team. Tony Ciarelli was in the hospital recovering from successful knee surgery, Coach Jeff Brinkley said. He expects to be back at practice...

NEWPORT BEACH — Corona del Mar High Coach Gary Almquist said he spent last season's Battle of the Bay under the knife. He was undergoing double-knee replacement surgery when his wrestlers visited him at the hospital. The Sea Kings had just beat...

Willard Shepard has played sports and exercised for most of his life. Although he's now a television journalist, law-school student and reserve fighter pilot, he still finds time to work out almost every day. In January, Shepard suffered a heart attack...

WE count on them to be strong and supportive, flexible and accommodating, willing to go the extra mile even when we load them down more than we should. Our knees. We put them through their paces, so to speak, every day. No wonder that, every now and...