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Spinal Surgery to Get You on Your Feet Faster
DECEMBER 29, 2008, 10:10 P.M. ET By LAURA JOHANNESThe Wall Street Journal A new minimally invasive spinal surgery trims hospital stays and affords a shorter recovery time than traditional methods, says a company that sells equipment used in the procedure. Physicians say the surgery trims recovery times but say more research is needed on its efficacy. More…PainCareMD
Careful When You Wii
Enthusiasm Plus Repetitive Motion Could Equal Injury for Wii Users By GIGI STONE and TAYLOR BEHRENDTABCNewsJan. 10, 2009 There was a time when playing a video game meant sitting still with your eyes transfixed on the television screen and the worst damage you could do was possibly a sore thumb, but that was before Nintendo’s Wii. The Wii, which continues …
Study Investigates The Cost Effectiveness Of Spinal Surgery
Dec 29 2008 Contact: Deborah SongRush University Medical Center (Chicago) Back pain affects more than 80 percent of people and costs more than $100 billion annually in the U.S. But is the surgery cost effective? A study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center suggests that for patients with spinal stenosis, a laminectomy, or surgical removal of some soft bone …
Guide To Walking In High Heels Without Pain
Carolyne Zinko, Chronicle Staff Writersfgate.com Sunday, December 21, 2008 The difference between sultry stilettos and frumpy pumps is three-fourths of an inch, or so says Victor Chu, a former shoe designer who has developed a cottage industry for himself – and perhaps increased the libidos of thousands of men – by training women to walk properly and painlessly in high …
New Guidelines Issued for Management of IBS
By Amanda GardnerHealthDay ReporterWashingtonpost.comThursday, December 18, 2008 THURSDAY, Dec. 18 (HealthDay News) — A leading organization of gastroenterologists has released new guidelines on the management of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The guidelines, issued by the American College of Gastroenterology and published in the January issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology, essentially replace a 2002 document. “The world of IBS …
Pain-free Snow Removal Begins With The Shovel
Expert offers tipson the righttools, techniques12/19/08By Beth BottsMcCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS If the first snows of winter have left you aching and sore, you might want to brush up on your snow-shoveling tools and technique. Michael Lambert, who grew up in the suburbs of Minneapolis, Minn., knows about snow. Now he’s the operations manager of Lowe’s in the Brickyard shopping center in …
Cost-effectiveness of Spine Fusion Questioned in Dartmouth-led Study
Dartmouth College Office of Public Affairs • Press ReleasePosted 12/16/08 • Media Contact: Deborah Kimbell • (603) 653-3602 Rates of spinal fusion have increased by more than 250 percent in the last 15 years. But is the surgery cost-effective? New research published in the December 16th issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that for patients with spinal stenosis …
FDA Approves New Drug to Alleviate Moderate to Severe Pain
FDA NewsNovember 24, 2008 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Tapentadol hydrochloride, an immediate-release oral tablet for the relief of moderate to severe acute pain. Tapentadol is a centrally-acting synthetic analgesic that is available in doses of 50 mg, 75 mg, or 100 mg. “This approval offers health care professionals an additional choice for treating moderate to severe …
New Study Blames Prescription Drugs for Bulk of Fatal Overdoses
By Jessica CalefatiDecember 10, 2008USNews.com Research published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association confirms the growing threat posed by abuse of prescription opiates and calls on clinicians to help prevent future cases of addiction and overdose. The study, authored by Aron Hall, finds that a majority of drug overdose deaths in West Virginia in 2006 are linked …
Use of Complementary Medical Therapies Plateaus
December 10, 2008Shari RoanLos Angeles Times 1990, people were stunned when a Harvard researcher published a report showing that more than one-third of Americans use complementary and alternative medicine. But the trend seems to be softening, and even the definition of what constitutes CAM therapy is becoming somewhat problematic. A federal government survey released today shows only a 2% growth …