Expert puts arthritis in festival spotlight

A LEADING arthritis expert is to give a talk on the condition as part of the Edinburgh Science Festival.

Professor Stuart Ralston will make the speech, Overcoming Osteoarthritis, on Saturday at the National Museum of Scotland in Chambers Street.

The professor of rheumatology at Edinburgh University, who suffers from the condition himself, will be joined by orthopaedic surgeon Colin Howie from Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, who will talk about developments in joint replacement surgery, and a patient who has benefited from the operation.

There will also be the chance to hear about early results of Arthritis Research UK’s major osteoarthritis genetics study, and a question-and-answer session.

The event begins at 3.30pm. For more information on Saturday’s talk see www.sciencefestival.co.uk