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by Genevra Pittman
3 Feb 2012 at 3:00am
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids who were breastfed as babies may have better lung function, and a lower risk of asthma, than those who were formula-fed, two new reports suggest. Researchers said that past studies have found conflicting results wh...
by Tan Ee Lyn
3 Feb 2012 at 4:51am
(Reuters) - Allergan Inc, maker of wrinkle treatment Botox, eye drops and obesity treatments, said it will rely less on the United States for revenue in coming years as its products gain wider acceptance in Asia, particularly China. The company on...
by Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent
3 Feb 2012 at 7:29am
LONDON (Reuters) - In June 2000, when American medical regulators posted a warning letter on the Internet about problems at a breast-implant maker in southern France, French authorities didn't pay much attention. A U.S. Food and Drug Administr...
by CLARKE CANFIELD
3 Feb 2012 at 7:52am
A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes — and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus to replace the ones that were being choked by a huge tumor.
3 Feb 2012 at 8:04am
(HealthDay News) -- Preparations for successful breast-feeding begin during pregnancy.
3 Feb 2012 at 8:04am
(HealthDay News) -- Toddler tantrums can challenge even the most patient parent, but being firm and consistent can help you discipline your toddler in an effective, loving way.
by Jessica Wohl
3 Feb 2012 at 9:02am
(Reuters) - Walgreen Co is being hit by its withdrawal from the Express Scripts Inc pharmacy network and by a much-weaker-than-expected flu season, leading it to temper its expectations for the number of prescriptions it will fill this year. Walgr...
by MARIA CHENG
3 Feb 2012 at 9:16am
Malaria may be killing around twice as many people as experts previously thought, and it could also be hitting older children and adults — long considered the least susceptible — a new study suggests.
3 Feb 2012 at 10:28am
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged on Thursday to give $250,000 of his own money to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America after breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure withdrew funding f...
3 Feb 2012 at 10:28am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some two dozen Democrats in the Senate on Thursday called on breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure to reconsider its decision to cut off funding to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Senators Frank Lau...
by Rodrigo Campos
3 Feb 2012 at 10:43am
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Friday, propelling the Nasdaq index to an 11-year high, after January's U.S. employment report sailed past expectations, boosting hopes the world's largest economy has turned a corner. The broad-bas...
by HOLLY RAMER
3 Feb 2012 at 12:22pm
Researchers who spent three years dragging sheets of fabric through the woods to snag ticks have created a detailed map they claim could improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease.
by Kerry Grens
3 Feb 2012 at 1:07pm
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite concerns by some that vaccines might cause a crippling nerve disorder called Guillain-Barré syndrome, a new study finds that people who receive vaccines after previously having been diagnosed with the condition ...
by Rodrigo Campos
3 Feb 2012 at 12:21pm
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A surge in hiring last month lifted U.S. stocks on Friday, with the Nasdaq index hitting an 11-year high, as the data boosted hopes the world's largest economy has turned a corner. The broad-based gains also sent the Dow J...
by Kerry Sheridan
3 Feb 2012 at 1:52pm
A major US breast cancer foundation Friday reversed its decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood after outcry over the move sparked a political and fundraising backlash by women's health advocates.
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MedWorm Tags: back pain
by Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog
30 Aug 2011 at 4:12am
Yesterday I had such a wonderful day I needed chocolate ice cream at the end of it. Why was it such a wonderful day you ask? Well I am signed up for more medical (mis)adventures. I am so (un)excited.
I had an appointment with my back pain doctor, also known as the doctor who prescribes the good drugs. He told me that I looked in good shape, and didn't comment on my high blood pressure reading that concerned the nurses. He told me that I have pain from my facet joints (the little joints along the side of your spine), my right sacroiliac joint (the long joint along the side of your tail bone next to your hip bone), and from greater tronchanteric bursitis in my left hip. All the previous treatments/injections have worn off and I need to start over again.
He insisted on squeezing me in on W...
by Better Health
13 Aug 2011 at 6:00am
Meet Nurse Prudence Perfect. She is the unitâs refrigerator nurse. Itâs her job to make sure that everything is perfect and meets Joint Commission standards because you never know when the old JC will drop by for an unannounced visit. Insulin vials labeled and dated? Check. Refrigerator thermometer easily accessible and log up to date? Check. Hey, who put their lunch in here? There is to be no food in medication refrigerator! Prudence is gearing up. Stand by for one of her Joint Commission inservices.
For you nursing history buffs, the term ârefrigerator nurseâ goes way back to a time when Prudence was a graduate nurse. The term was coined back when it only took one paycheck to support a family, and when nurses, typically women, quit working once they got married. A nurse who went...
by Life with Chronic Pain
21 Jul 2011 at 2:27pm
As most of you who read this blog regularly know, I am plagued by sacroiliac joint pain. I have other problems but today, since I am lying here on a painful behind and have been intensely trying to get out of this current flare, it is on my mind. I thought you might be interested in knowing what life is like in my shoes, my seat and my life right now.
Itâs been almost three months since I flew to California with my daughter to begin the process of cleaning out my mother-in-lawâs house. I donât fly wellâ¦at least without my wings. Even on an airplane I am bottom challenged and find them grossly uncomfortable. Three days after flying home I picked up our 31 pound rough-coated Jack Russell, Annie because she couldnât get into the car to go to the vetâs. The combination of all of t...
by Better Health
17 Jul 2011 at 6:00am
This study confirmed what I have known for a long time. They looked at relaxation massage and structural massage, which focuses on correcting soft-tissue abnormalities. At 10 weeks they found (more…)
*This blog post was originally published at EverythingHealth* (Source: Better Health)
by Life with Chronic Pain
7 Jul 2011 at 2:13pm
I know. Youâre thinking life is weird already but let me say, if youâre newly diagnosed, âYou ainât seen nothinâ yet!â
If you are one of us who live with connective tissue or rheumatoid disease you may see a certain set of weirdness. If you suffer from back pain or had a previous injury, youâre not excluded, either. Itâs amazing what life can do to twist, shape and torment us. If our diseases or injuries donât do enough in that department then there are always the medications to take up the slack and pile it on. Get your sense of humor ready and if you donât have one, well, blessings upon you my friend because youâre going to need one.
The other day I was fitted for a sacroiliac belt to aid my sacroiliac joints to stay put. All that was missing at the fitting was Scar...
by Cord Blood News
6 Jul 2011 at 10:45am
sci·at·i·ca
ânoun
1.  pain and tenderness at some points of the sciatic nerve, usually caused by a prolapsed intervertebral disk; sciatic neuralgia.
2. any painful disorder extending from the hip down the back of the thigh and surrounding area.
Unfortunately, sciatica is one of the most painful types of back pain and is common in pregnancy. It usually occurs when the baby shifts or moves and lands on a nerve. Tips to alleviate the pain might include, getting off your feet , if only for a little while, while sitting, raise one leg on a step stool or a pile of books.  You can read more here for other tips and helpful hints to ease the pain of sciatica.
(Source: Cord Blood News)
by The Collective Well
5 Jul 2011 at 8:49am
For the live-updated, interactive version of this infographic, click here.
Lower Back Pain is our 12th most popular condition community at CureTogether. 2,398 of you have contributed your experiences with 21 symptoms and 46 different treatments that worked well and didn’t work so well.
We are proud to announce the current results of our Lower Back pain study, in the chart above.
The top patient-reported treatments for Lower Back pain are: Yoga/stretching, Hot tubs, Hydrocodone, Massage, Aleve, and Improved posture.
To navigate the graph above:
The top right quadrant shows the most popular and effective treatments, and the top left quadrant shows treatments that not many people have tried but that have above-average effectiveness, so they may be options to think about (e.g. Hot tub,...
by DC's goodscience
3 Jul 2011 at 11:10am
Conclusion Electrodermal testing cannot be used to diagnose environmental allergies", published in the BMJ .[download reprint].
In 2003 he published "A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled proving trial of Belladonna 30C” [download reprint] that showed homeopathic pills with no active ingredients had no effects: The conclusion was "”Ultramolecular homeopathy has no observable clinical effects" (the word ultramolecular, in this context, means that the belladonna pills contained no belladonna).
In 2010 he again concluded that homeopathic pills were no more than placebos, as described in Despite the spin, Lewithâs paper surely signals the end of homeopathy (again). [download reprint]
What i cannot understand is that, despite his own findings, his pri...
by HealthSkills Weblog
2 Jun 2011 at 2:26am
What are some of the indications that someone tends to catastrophise about their pain? How do we know? Do we have to use a questionnaire? Is it really my job to know about this if I’m not a psychologist – and what do I do about it?
These are the kinds of questions that have been posed to me as I’ve explored the topic of catastrophising, and I propose to answer the last question in my next post (sorry to keep stringing you along like this – I think many may know my take on that already!).
I work in a wonderful interdisciplinary team setting, in a centre where everyone who attends the Centre gets to complete a set of psychometrically sound questionnaires that all of the team are encouraged to use and interpret, so any of the team can be confident about identifying and...
by HealthSkills Weblog
31 May 2011 at 11:26pm
In this study by Martel, Thibault and Sullivan (2010), people with back pain were recorded on two separate occasions (on averge 22 days apart) while carrying out two lifting tasks designed to elicit pain behaviours. These recordings were reviewed by trained observers who recorded the number of pain behaviours in each segment of film using a standardised coding scheme (developed by Keefe and Block, 1982). Participants in the lifting tasks also completed a range of questionnaires – the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia, the McGill Pain Questionnaire, and the Pain Catastrophising Scale.
Before I describe the findings, in this study two different forms of pain behaviour were identified – communicative behaviours are things like grimacing, speaking, sighing, moaning and so on; while...
by Better Health
28 May 2011 at 10:00am
On the NPR Shots blog, Scott Hensley writes, “Quality Prescription For Primary Care Doctors: Do Less,” about an article in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Excerpt:
“A group of docs who want to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of primary care tinkered with some Top 5 lists for of dos and don’ts for pediatricians, family doctors and internists.
After testing them a bit, they published online by the Archives of Internal Medicine. Most of the advice falls in the category of less is more.
So what should family doctors not be doing? The Top 5 list for them goes like this:
1. No MRI or other imaging tests for low back pain, unless it has persisted longer than six weeks or there are red flags, such as neurological problems.
2. No antibiotics for mild to moderat...
by Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog
26 May 2011 at 8:26am
I just created a long blog post about whether I was capable of technology and the answer is I am not. I accidentally deleted it before it posted and have to start over. It was all about how advances in technology can be good - this is coming from someone who survived the release of Windows 3.0 and first used Lotus 123 Version 2 for Dos (the computer operating system back when the world was flat and in black and white). But apparently I am not good enough to use my own phone for anything but making phone calls.Now I have moved to a desktop computer and am being assisted by the cat-on-the-lap syndrome so it is a long slow process - but the cat is happy.Speaking of long, today will be long. My back decided I had too much fun recently and woke me up early to tell me about this. Unfortunately I...
by Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog
14 May 2011 at 5:19am
this week. I have a lot going on and am feeling stressed. This is what is making me cranky:Blogger was down for most of two days. I find this one of the most epic cases of mismanagement. Yes it is a free service we use to host our blogs but it is part of Google's money making tools (where they are trying to take over the world) but they just severely shot themselves in the foot. Apparently there were some upgrades and maintenance issues and things went wrong and the Blogger service was done for parts of Thursday and most of Friday with no real updates or explanation. I am ready to move my blog to a provider which actually runs parallel servers to ensure these issues don't happen. Its not the problems with service but the lack of communication through the issues. Just imagine if the Google...
by HealthSkills Weblog
2 May 2011 at 6:22pm
A common cry from various clinicians who work in the field of pain management but who are not psychologists is “but now what?” when they recognise that a key factor in recovery is something psychosocial. The answer is not, I suspect, heading off to become a psychologist!
For several reasons, I think it’s critical for non-psychologists to get comfortable with psychosocial language and principles.
All clinicians use psychological principles in their interactions with patients. Like it or not, when we give advice or encouragement we’re using knowledge gleaned from psychological study. We might call it something like “developing rapport”, but no matter what we call it, these interpersonal skills are psychosocial in nature. If we use these approaches, ...
by The Patient's Doctor
19 Apr 2011 at 9:02pm
This may be a terrible confession for a doctor to make, but when I have a medical problem, I'd trust an expert patient rather than a doctor. Let me explain.I have chronic back pain and this can be quite severe at times. However, I am very reluctant to go to an orthopedic surgeon, because I know pretty much what he is going to say. He's going to do a cursory examination and then ask me do do a MRI scan. The MRI scan will find some bulges in my intervertebral discs - and the radiologist will happily report this as prolapsed intervertebral disk ( slipped disc, in layman's terms). The doctor will be happy he's made the right diagnosis; and will advise bed rest; pain-killers ; and physiotherapy - with the caveat that if it gets worse, he'll be happy to do "minimally invasive surgery" to fix the...
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Back Pain News
3 Feb 2012 at 9:52pm
Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine that occurs most often during the growth spurt just before puberty.
3 Feb 2012 at 7:47pm
If your back is bothering you, research shows that moving can be the best medicine.
3 Feb 2012 at 2:22pm
Q: One of my relatives has had lower-back pain, and they diagnosed her with a synovial cyst.
3 Feb 2012 at 12:18pm
The Advertising Standards Authority said it had concluded that the adverts by Healing on the Streets - Bath, were misleading.
3 Feb 2012 at 8:03am
Heart failure could also be linked to thinning of bones , an offshoot of old age.
3 Feb 2012 at 3:58am
Every week Ron Kaspriske, Golf Digest Fitness Editor, presents Fitness Friday on the Instruction Blog.
3 Feb 2012 at 2:54am
Linda Skellam, who runs the Moorhouse Physiotherapy Clinic in Leek, is now offering her clients Stress Induced Recovery Programmes , which uses a psychological focus rather than a physical intervention.
2 Feb 2012 at 3:20pm
Artificial intervertebral discs are orthopaedic implants that replace degenerated natural intervertebral discs.
2 Feb 2012 at 11:20am
The website features include a Wellness Library, New Patient Center and 3D Spine Simulator.
2 Feb 2012 at 4:01am
My next place of work will be Japan. The past few days I have been preparing for the two-month trip.
1 Feb 2012 at 7:42pm
America's perception is changing. Technology is a focal point, but as we begin to grow, another area on the opposite end of the spectrum is beginning to shine like a beacon in the otherwise crowded world we are living in.
1 Feb 2012 at 3:28pm
Approximately 80 per cent of the population experience back pain at some point in their lives, experts say.
1 Feb 2012 at 11:23am
One of the largest studies to investigate lumbar spine disc degeneration found that adults who are overweight or obese were significantly more likely to have disc degeneration than those with a normal body mass index .
1 Feb 2012 at 7:13am
When Dr. Kurt Simons opened up his first chiropractic clinic in Sussex back in 1995, he did so for a couple of good reasons.
1 Feb 2012 at 6:08am
More News in Brief: CT-Scan Dye Can Affect Thyroid; Sex Called Safe for Most Heart Patients; Safety of New Blood Thinner Gets a Closer Look Osteoporosis is a disease that causes bones to become "thin" . It can lead to hip fractures and spine fractures in elderly people.
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Pain / Anesthetics News From Medical News Today
3 Feb 2012 at 2:00am
A study by researchers at Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minn., and published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, reveals that children who have been under anesthesia many times when they are young have a greater risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). According to David Warner, M...
2 Feb 2012 at 3:00am
Just the mention of kidney stones can cause a person to cringe. They are often painful and sometimes difficult to remove, and 10 percent of the population will suffer from them. In space, the risk of developing kidney stones is exacerbated due to environmental conditions. The health risk is compounded by the fact that resource limitations and distance from Earth could restrict treatment options...
2 Feb 2012 at 3:00am
The pain suffered by older adults is the shared focus of the two newest entries in The Gerontological Society of America's (GSA) From Publication to Practice* series. Together they address both pain management and new labeling changes for one of the most popular pain medications, acetaminophen...
2 Feb 2012 at 2:00am
Long duration, controllable drug delivery is of wide interest to medical researchers and clinicians, particularly those seeking to improve treatment for patients with chronic pain or to prevent cancer recurrence after surgery...
2 Feb 2012 at 2:00am
According to a study published online in Science Translational Medicine by researchers from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and McMaster University in Hamilton Ontario, massages aid the growth of new mitochondria in skeletal muscle, and help to reduce inflammation...
31 Jan 2012 at 2:00am
According to a recent study, there is a new mechanism of drug release using 3D superhydrophobic materials that utilizes air as a removable barrier to control the rate at which drug is released. The study was electronically published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society...
30 Jan 2012 at 11:00am
A small study published online in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery shows that a technique in which highly concentrated beams of radiation are used, known as Cyberknife, can relieve the stabbing pain of the facial nerve condition trigeminal neuralgia...
27 Jan 2012 at 3:00am
A new study, funded by a grant from the National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), found that two in five adults (42%) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were inactive...
27 Jan 2012 at 2:00am
Achilles tendinitis (tendonitis) or Achilles tendon inflammation occurs when the Achilles tendon becomes inflamed as a result of the Achilles tendon being put under too much strain. The Achilles tendon joins the calf muscles to the heel bone, and is found at the back of a person's lower leg. It is the largest tendon in the body and is able to endure great force, but is still susceptible to injury...
26 Jan 2012 at 2:00am
The sudden popularity of tablet computers such as the Apple iPad® has not allowed for the development of guidelines to optimize users' comfort and well-being...
25 Jan 2012 at 3:00am
Quantifying how sore a person is after a long workout is a challenge for doctors and researchers, but scientists from Loma Linda and Asuza Pacific Universities think they may have figured it out. Their research article describing a new technique to measure muscle soreness will be published in the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE)...
25 Jan 2012 at 2:00am
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 gender difference to a high level of statistical significance...
23 Jan 2012 at 3:00pm
The idea that men suffer more when in pain than women could well be a myth, according to a new report written by Stanford University researchers in the Journal of Pain. The authors say that their large study found that even though women are able to endure childbirth, an ordeal that males never have to go through, their findings showed that overall, males appear to endure pain better than women...
23 Jan 2012 at 3:00am
Millions of people worldwide suffer from a type of chronic pain called neuropathic pain, which is triggered by nerve damage. Precisely how this pain persists has been a mystery, and current treatments are largely ineffective...
20 Jan 2012 at 3:00am
The amount of needless suffering caused by both acute and chronic pain in the United States is a major, overlooked medical problem that requires improved education at multiple levels, stretching from the implementation of new public health campaigns to better training of primary care physicians in pain management...
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