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Stem cell therapy -- a future treatment for lower back pain?

Lower back pain affects many people and may be caused by degeneration of the discs between the vertebrae. Treatment for the condition using stem cells may be an alternative to today's surgical procedures. This is the conclusion ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Investigating the development of mechanosensitivity

Researchers of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, Germany, have gained crucial insight into how mechanosensitivity arises. By measuring electrical impulses in the sensory neurons of mice, the ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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

created May 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0