News tagged with disc disease
Aching Back? Cholesterol Medication Might Help
Back pain, a hallmark of degenerative disc disease, sends millions of people to their doctor. In fact, more than 80 percent of patients who undergo spine surgery do so because of disc degeneration. And part of the answer ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Elderly women with 'dowager's hump' may be at higher risk of earlier death
(PhysOrg.com) -- Hyperkyphosis, or "dowager's hump" -- the exaggerated forward curvature of the upper spine seen commonly in elderly women -- may predict earlier death in women whether or not they have vertebral osteoporosis, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 21, 2009 |
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Physical therapy is effective for management of low-back pain
A new review article published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons should help convince many patients with low back pain to consider physical therapy as a first line of treatment for their condit ...
Feb 25, 2009 |
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