News tagged with degenerative disc
Collagen-deficient mice show signs of osteoarthritis
Aug 27, 2009 |
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Osteoarthritis (OA) and degenerative disc disease (DDD) are common, chronic musculoskeletal disorders. Both diseases cause joint pain, loss of function, and decreased quality of life for the more than 27 million OA and 59 ...
Aching Back? Cholesterol Medication Might Help
Feb 23, 2009 |
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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 ...
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FDA approves cervical disk device
Jul 17, 2007 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Tuesday announced approval of the first device designed to treat cervical degenerative disc disease.
Study says back pain may be in your genes
Apr 09, 2008 |
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What do you learn by looking at the spines of hundreds of Finnish twins? If you are the international team of researchers behind the Twin Spine Study, you find compelling proof that back pain problems may be more a matter ...
Physical therapy is effective for management of low-back pain
Feb 25, 2009 |
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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 ...
Back to normal: Surgery improves outcomes for spine patients
Jun 01, 2009 |
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People with the spine disease called degenerative spondylolisthesis* -- who choose surgical treatment -- experience substantially greater relief from pain over time compared to those who do not have surgery, according to ...
Researcher tags genes linked to disc degeneration
Mar 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Lumbar disc degeneration is an uncomfortable condition that affects millions of people, but two University of Alberta researchers have identified some of the genes that are causing problems. ...
Researchers find stem cells in degenerating spinal discs, potential for repair
Nov 01, 2007 |
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Orthopedic researchers at Jefferson Medical College have for the first time found stem cells in the intervertebral discs of the human spine, suggesting that such cells might someday be used to help repair degenerating discs ...
Artificial disc replacement as good or better than spinal fusion surgery (Audio)
Feb 27, 2009 |
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Spine surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and other U.S. centers are reporting that artificial disc replacement works as well and often better than spinal fusion surgery. The two procedures are ...
Outpatient disc treatment gives long-term back pain relief
Dec 02, 2009 |
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A randomized, controlled study comparing standard conservative therapy to a minimally invasive treatment called percutaneous disc decompression for painful herniated disc revealed that while both treatments help patients ...
General Electric Develops a 500GB Optical Disc
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Apr 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- G.E. has unveiled a 500 GB micro-holographic disc that is the same size as existing DVD's. The storage capacity is equivalent to 100 DVD's and is aimed at the archive industry but eventually ...
All your movies on a single DVD: study
May 20, 2009 |
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Scientists unveiled new DVD technology on Wednesday that stores data in five dimensions, making it possible to pack more than 2,000 movies onto a single disc.
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