New Clues To Origins of Lower Back Pain
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 3, 2024 -- Some people might be prone to low back pain because of specific cells contained in their spinal disks, a new study suggests.The research could explain why only certain people develop back pain due to the degeneration of... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - January 3, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Veterans Health Administration expands contract with AppliedVR
The award will support veterans ' access to the California-based virtual reality company ' s FDA-authorized at-home chronic low back pain offering, RelieVRx. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - December 20, 2023 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Relief For Lower Back Pain May Be On The Way For Millions
Low back pain is an often debilitating condition that affects hundreds of millions of people globally. New research from John Hopkins may soon help offer relief. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - December 11, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: William A. Haseltine, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & standard Source Type: news
Africa: WHO Releases Guidelines On Chronic Low Back Pain
[WHO] The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing its first-ever guidelines on managing chronic low back pain (LBP) in primary and community care settings, listing interventions for health workers to use and also to not use during routine care. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 7, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Sustainable Development Source Type: news
New Approaches Show Promise in Helping People With Lower-Back Pain
Often there is no clearly identifiable physical cause for low-back pain, leaving patients to veer from one ineffective treatment to another. Millions of adults struggle for years with chronic low-back pain—a disabling ailment that has no easy fix. Common causes include injury, arthritis and… (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'I’m a chiropractor - this is the one stretch that will cure your lower back pain’
Chiropractor Doctor Karam Khodian is the TikTok sensation who has shared the best stretch to ease lower back pain while at home. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Spinal Surgery Redux: Advancing Our Approach to Back Pain
(MedPage Today) -- Lower back pain has been the leading cause of years lived with disability since 1990, and it continues to be a significant concern for public health on a global scale. In the U.S., 72.3 million adults currently suffer from chronic... (Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology)
Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - October 30, 2023 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news
Dr Michael Mosley shares the 'gentle' exercise that could improve core strength in old age
It could also help tackle "chronic" lower back pain, he recommended. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - October 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Risk factors for self-harm ideation among persons treated with opioids for chronic low back pain - Jamison RN, Edwards RR, Brown R, Barrett BP, Burzinski CA, Lennon RP, Nakamura Y, Schiefelbein T, Garland EL, Zgierska AE.
OBJECTIVES: Chronic pain is a significant health concern that adversely affects all aspects of life, including emotional well-being. Opioids are prescribed for the management of refractory, severe chronic pain although they have been associated with advers... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Boston Scientific Announces Agreement to Acquire Relievant Medsystems, Inc.
Acquisition intended to expand neuromodulation portfolio to provide more treatment options for people living with chronic low back pain
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Sept. 19, 2023 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:... Devices, Mergers & Acquisitions Boston Scientific, Relievant Medsystems, Intracept System, vertebrogenic pain (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - September 19, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Low Uptake in Nondrug Treatment for Low Back Pain With OUD Low Uptake in Nondrug Treatment for Low Back Pain With OUD
For chronic low back pain comorbid with opioid abuse, physical therapy and chiropractic care are widely recommended, yet vastly underutilized, especially in racial and ethnic minority groups.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - September 14, 2023 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Receipt of PT, Chiropractic Care Reportedly Low for Comorbid Chronic LBP, Opioid Use Disorder
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 13, 2023 -- For Medicare beneficiaries with chronic low back pain (CLBP) and opioid use disorder (OUD), receipt of physical therapy (PT) and chiropractic care is low overall and lower for racial and ethnic minority groups, according... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 13, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Here's Another Racial-Ethnic Disparity in Back Pain Care
(MedPage Today) -- Among Medicare beneficiaries with chronic low back pain and opioid use disorder (OUD), white patients were dramatically more likely to have received nonpharmacologic treatments such as physical therapy or chiropractic care than... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - September 12, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Laser Light Therapy Stimulates Regeneration
Elsie has been a patient at the Sears Institute for Anti-Aging for years. So when she called me in tears, I told her to come in right away…
Elsie was leaving on her dream vacation to Africa in less than a week.
But she could barely stand up.
Her lower back pain was so severe she didn’t even think she could handle the 19-hour flight from Miami to Kenya. Let alone the six-hour drive from the capital city of Nairobi to the Maasai Mara Reserve, where she was going on a week-long safari.
Elsie was desperate for relief but didn’t want to manage the pain with prescription or over-the-counter muscle relaxants or painkill...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - August 28, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jacob Tags: Anti-Aging Source Type: news
Study explores why doctors fulfill patient imaging requests
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 22, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
