Acupuncture for back pain?
Acupuncture for back pain — Can acupuncture treatments relieve back pain? (Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed)...
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Do some people feel more pain than others?
Ever notice how two people can suffer from back pain, say, but one will moan and groan and take to bed while the other will get up and about and on with life? Pain specialists have often noted that conditions that seem similar on the outside can cause... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)...
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[Comment] CBT for low-back pain in primary care
Chronic low-back pain is becoming increasingly common. Freburger and colleagues showed an increase in the prevalence of debilitating chronic low-back pain over 14 years. In 1992, the prevalence was 3·9%, and in 2006, it was 10·2%. The overall prevalence increase was 161%, with an increase of 11·4% per year. Low-back pain is a major concern to all when the rapid increase in health-care expenditures worldwide is taken into consideration. (Source: LANCET)...
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[Articles] Group cognitive behavioural treatment for low-back pain in primary care: a randomised controlled trial and cost-effectiveness analysis
Low-back pain is a common and costly problem. We estimated the effectiveness of a group cognitive behavioural intervention in addition to best practice advice in people with low-back pain in primary care. (Source: LANCET)...
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Hemophilia A and Spinal Epidural Hematoma in Children
In conclusion, rare hematomas should be considered and searched for in children with bleeding disorders and not well understood complaints. Early diagnosis is important for the neurological outcome.[...]© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkGet connected:Table of contents | Abstract | Full text (Source: Neuropediatrics)...
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The bibliographic impact of epidemiological studies: what can be learnt from citations?
Conclusion
This study suggests that results dealing with occupational health disseminate into various fields of clinical research. However, this is only one dimension of the impact of a study. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)...
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Preliminary Pilot Study Indicates Integrative Therapies Reduce Back Pain Medication Use and Costs
SAN DIEGO, March 11, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new pilot study conducted with assembly workers at the Ford Motor Company in Louisville, KY focused on acute, work-related low back pain. Results of that study indicate that high-touch Integrative Medicine (IM) therapies can help employees manage back pain without the costly medications typically associated with managing their pain. (Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE))...
POSTED 03/11/2010 at 05:00 AM --
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Breakthroughs In Treatment Of Spine And Back Conditions
Approximately 21 million visits were made to physicians' offices due to back problems in 2006. While countless adults experience back pain and stiffness, many suffer from serious spine and back conditions - including injury, herniated discs and the deterioration of the vertebrae. Three new studies presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) detail advances in back care and treatment options for specific back and spine conditions... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)...
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Workplace involvement improves return to work rates among employees with back pain on long-term sick leave: a systematic review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions.
Conclusion. Stakeholder participation and work modification are more effective and cost effective at returning to work adults with musculoskeletal conditions than other workplace-linked interventions, including exercise.
PMID: 20205573 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Disability and Rehabilitation)...
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Spinal stenosis: Conservative measures may relieve this back pain
Spinal stenosis — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, treatment of degenerative condition of the spine. (Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed)...
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Acupuncture for back pain?
Acupuncture for back pain — Can acupuncture treatments relieve back pain? (Source: MayoClinic.com - Ask a Specialist)...
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Breakthroughs in Back and Spine Treatments
Breakthroughs in treatment of spine and back conditions - Results of new studies will help surgeons and patients together determine... (Source: Disabled World)...
POSTED 03/10/2010 at 07:46 PM --
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A Marital Therapist on The Marriage Ref: My Worst Nightmare
Guest Post by therapist Mary Kelly-Williams, MA of www.marriedwithbaggage.com"The Marriage Ref" made its debut on NBC last week. This latest reality show takes marriage to a new low. "Real couples" bring an issue they've been arguing about and celebrity "judges" decide which one is right.It's like a marital boxing match without the gloves. One of the spouses is declared the winner. While the show is surprisingly witty and entertaining, I couldn't help but think of the couples I've worked with in my private practice and of my own marriage.Years ago, my husband and I went to a nationally known marital therapist. Part of my agenda in going to the counseling was so my husband could find out how wrong he was and how RIGHT I was.It didn't take long for us to get into the back and forth accusatio......
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Clinical characteristics of infective endocarditis with vertebral osteomyelitis
This study investigates
the incidence of VO in patients with IE and the outcome of IE-associated VO. Among 58 patients with IE at Musashino Red Cross
Hospital from January 2002 to July 2009, 11 patients (19.0%) had VO. Back pain was reported in all cases with VO. Because
the antibiotics treatment for VO should continue for 6–8 weeks, hospital stay was significantly longer for patients with VO
(75.8 ± 41.0 days) compared to patients without VO (42.6 ± 30.4 days; P = 0.0035). Although 6 hospital deaths (15.8%) occurred among the patients without VO, there were no hospital deaths among
patients with VO. The 30- and 80-month survival was not significantly different between the patients with VO and without VO
(30-month: 88.9% vs 81.7%, 80-m......
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Japanese consensus guidelines for management of autoimmune pancreatitis: III. Treatment and prognosis of AIP
Abstract Steroid therapy appeared to be a standard treatment for autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP), although some AIP patients improve
spontaneously. The indications for steroid therapy in AIP patients are symptoms such as obstructive jaundice, abdominal pain,
and back pain, and the presence of symptomatic extrapancreatic lesions. Before steroid therapy, jaundice should be managed
by biliary drainage in patients with obstructive jaundice, and blood glucose levels should be controlled in patients with
diabetes mellitus. For the initial oral prednisolone dose for induction of remission, 0.6 mg/kg/day is recommended. The initial
dose is administered for 2–4 weeks, and the dose is tapered by 5 mg every 1–2 weeks, based on changes in the clinical manifestatio......
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Pharmacological Management of Low Back Pain
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Health advice: lower-back pain
Britain's leading health and wellbeing specialists answer your questions. This
week: lower-back pain. (Source: Telegraph Health)...
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Breakthroughs in treatment of spine and back conditions
(American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) Approximately 21 million visits were made to physicians' offices due to back problems in 2006. While countless adults experience back pain and stiffness, many suffer from serious spine and back conditions -- including injury, herniated discs and the deterioration of the vertebrae. Three new studies presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons detail advances in back care and treatment options for specific back and spine conditions. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)...
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Breakthroughs in treatment of spine and back conditions
Approximately 21 million visits were made to physicians' offices due to back problems in 2006. While countless adults experience back pain and stiffness, many suffer from serious spine and back conditions -- including injury, herniated discs and the deterioration of the vertebrae. Three new studies detail advances in back care and treatment options for specific back and spine conditions. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)...
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How do care-provider and home exercise program characteristics affect patient adherence in chronic neck and back pain: a qualitative study
Conclusions:
Our experiential findings indicate that patient's adherence to home-based exercise is more likely to happen when care providers' style and the content of exercise programme are positively experienced. These findings provide additional information to health care providers, by showing which issues should be considered when delivering health care to patients presenting chronic neck or back pain. (Source: BMC Health Services Research)...
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