"For every extra pound you carry, the impact on your joints is 5 pounds," says Dr. Nathan Wei, clinical director of the Arthritis Treatment Center." Spry Magazine, July 2010
"People hesitate embracing the medical approach, Wei explains, because there are side effects to many of the medicines, and "those are valid concerns," he says. "You have to weigh the risks or the side effects with the lifestyle benefitis that the drugs offer." Frederick Magazine, August 2001
"It's a little hard to imagine, but currently over 70 percent of all people in the United States suffer from some type of arthritis."
Frederick Magazine, August 2004
"The most we could do 30 years ago was alleviate the symtoms, we really had very little in the way of treatment, but we've bene able to change that." Ashley andyshak, Frederick News Post, January 6, 2009
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