Article: Fantastic voyage; New treatments will lead us to a land of more effective care.(Lauer's Letter)(Editorial)

Byline: Charles S. Lauer, Vice President-Publishing/Editorial Director

I am one of those people who played competitive sports way past the time when more cautious (read: sensible) souls had retired to simply reading the sports pages. My main sport was hockey, in which I absorbed thousands of what I am sure were unintended hits from other players. I was also a runner, logging thousands of miles, and not long ago I took up rollerblading. As a result of all this activity, I became very fit, which is a good feeling. After decades of feeling good, however, my body began to react very differently, in the form of achy joints, which led to extremely painful joints. That, ...

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