News tagged with spine problems

Report: More than 100 million suffer lasting pain

(AP) -- At least 116 million U.S. adults experience long-lasting pain - the kind that lingers for weeks to months - and too often feel stigma rather than relief from a health care system poorly prepared to treat them, the ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researcher tags genes linked to disc degeneration

(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. ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Injured boomers beware: Know when to see doctor

(AP) -- It happened to nurse Jane Byron years after an in-line skating fall, business owner Haralee Weintraub while doing "men's" push-ups, and avid cyclist Gene Wilberg while lifting a heavy box.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists delve into the brain roots of hunger and eating

Synaptic plasticity – the ability of the synaptic connections between the brain's neurons to change and modify over time -- has been shown to be a key to memory formation and the acquisition of new learning behaviors. ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop method of directing stem cells to increase bone formation and bone strength

A research team led by UC Davis Health System scientists has developed a novel technique to enhance bone growth by using a molecule which, when injected into the bloodstream, directs the body's stem cells to travel to the ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cactus may give farmers a cure for poisoned crop land

The prickly pear cactus may not sound like a trendy cash crop, but it could become a phenomenon among farmers on the arid west side of California's San Joaquin Valley.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women report feeling pain more intensely than men: study

Women report more-intense pain than men in virtually every disease category, according to Stanford University School of Medicine investigators who mined a huge collection of electronic medical records to establish the broad ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Diseases and sex: The cocktail maintaining immune gene variation

The great variation of a specific form of immune genes makes organ transplants so complicated. On the other hand, we need such a great variability in order to resist infectious diseases. This is why it also ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Costly diagnostic MRI tests unnecessary for many back pain patients

(Medical Xpress) -- Johns Hopkins-led research suggests that routine MRI imaging does nothing to improve the treatment of patients who need injections of steroids into their spinal columns to relieve pain. Moreover, MRI plays ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Self-referral leads to more negative exams for patients

Physicians who have a financial interest in imaging equipment are more likely to refer their patients for potentially unnecessary imaging exams, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological ...

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created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Beyond brain scanning: Simultaneous high-resolution 3D neural imaging and photostimulation

(Medical Xpress) -- Neuroanatomy and neurophysiology are inherently three-dimensional domains. Neuronal cell body projections – axons and dendrites – can interconnect large numbers of neurons distributed ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast feature

Neurons grown from skin cells may hold clues to autism

Potential clues to how autism miswires the brain are emerging from a study of a rare, purely genetic form of the disorders that affects fewer than 20 people worldwide. Using cutting-edge "disease-in a-dish" ...

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created Nov 27, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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