Back Pain News

With almost 50 million uninsured Americans in today's world and roughly three million living below the poverty level, healthcare providers have an obligation and duty to help patients of all ages, economical status levels, with and without insurance; but how many providers do? Chiropractors can benefit by reaching out to lower income communities by ... (more)

May 10, 2013 - Taking antibiotics could relieve symptoms of chronic lower back pain for up to 40% of people, according to a new study.

The presence of retrolisthesis in patients undergoing decompressive surgery for a lumbar disc herniation may result in significantly worse lower back pain and physical function over four years, according to a study published in the April issue of The Spine Journal .

Hopefully you missed CBS 5's "investigation" into the state's medical-marijuana program, in which they claim that "young, healthy" people are getting medical-marijuana cards.

Park Ridge Health is pleased to announce that Laura Fleck, M.D., board-certified neurologist, has joined its extensive family of primary care providers and specialists.

Natalie Royle, 17, from Grasscroft, Oldham, was diagnosed with scoliosis - curvature of the spine - and the condition gradually worsened over a 12-month period until her spine was bent at a 100-degree angle.

I'Vve had varying degrees of back pain for more than 10 years now, mostly I think, due to spending my career in front of a computer.

Combination therapy with teriparatide and the monoclonal antibody denosumab increases bone mineral density to a greater extent than either drug alone in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis, according to an industry-funded study in the Lancet .

Main Category: Bones / Orthopedics Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health ; Genetics ; Neurology / Neuroscience Article Date: 14 May 2013 - 1:00 PDT Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences in Japan have identified the first gene to be associated with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis across Asian and Caucasian ... (more)

May 10, 2013 -- Taking antibiotics could relieve symptoms of chronic lower back pain for up to 40% of people, according to a new study.

She embodies accomplishment. Lauren Sweet has served in student body government at McQueen High School, sung in the choir, been in leadership classes and maintained a 4.0 GPA all four years.

Hundreds of thousands of people living with crippling back pain could be cured - by a simple and inexpensive course of antibiotics.

Adolescents with untreated adolescent idiopathic scoliosis report worse pain and worse self-image than unaffected adolescents, although the difference is clinically significant only for self-image, according to a review published in the April 20 issue of Spine .

Early-onset scoliosis is a rare condition that affects a small population of very young children.

A San Diego hospital has become the first in the nation to implant experimental rods that could help children with a rare form of scoliosis avoid years of back surgeries.

On this edition of the show Alok Jha meets Brian Clegg to discuss his latest book Dice World: Science and Life in a Random Universe .

HEAVY LOAD: St Brigid's College school captain Alana Ticchi has a sore back after carrying her heavy school bag.

Recent studies have found links between bacteria and some cases of chronic back pain, but research is still in its early stages Chronic back pain is a complex condition that affects one in five people.

The gene is involved in the growth and development of the spine during childhood.

What do acne and chronic back pain have in common? Well, as it turns out, more than people once thought.