Go ahead, ruin my day
Pharyngula 2026-05-06
Summary:
This was the wrong day to discover this study. A major 10-year clinical trial is turning one of the world’s most common knee surgeries on its head. Researchers found that trimming a damaged meniscus—a procedure long believed to relieve pain—offers no real benefit over placebo surgery. Even more surprising, patients who had the operation actually […]